Welcome to Pitchfork’s monthly metal column, where we guide you through the genre’s new music and happenings with an eye towards a specific theme. The most memorable—if not the most lucid—depiction of ...

Alex is a writer on Game Rant and a complex story appreciator with a soft spot for fantasy anime. He likes films and shows that boast strong characters and complex worlds. Alex thinks the best kinds ...

One guitarist, one bassist, one drummer and any one of them ripping on vocals. Sometimes, less is more and these traditional power trios have made some of rock and metal’s most epic music. Power trios ...

Despite the bad rap heavy metal music gets for being degenerate, angry, violent music, there is a sub category within metal that is as uplifting as it is loud. One of the most intense and powerful ...

This underrated gem often gets unfairly lumped into Pantera’s pre-fame years alongside much less inspired albums that, while still demonstrating an innate knack for songwriting, were imitation at best ...

Celebrity couples in metal society are anything but rare, but unlike in the mainstream these folks aren’t always on TV and don’t have their own reality shows. Well, Ozzy had one… but we can pretend it ...

In the eyes of many elitist music fans having an extensive Hair Metal album collection is the equivalent of having Celine Dion's entire catalog uploaded into your iPod. But for the legions of fans, ...

Ahead of the release of their new album, Nightmare Logic, the Texan thrash band’s Riley Gale guides us through his favorite metal releases of all time I would say the first big record that was a huge ...