editors choice

So long and thanks for all the riffs

We’re going to party like it’s 1914

How is music like food?

BitTorrent nostalgia, and why you should listen to a discography backwards.

2017 is already one of the best years for metal I can think of

Top tracks of the month, plus: how digital platforms put modern metal in danger

Ten sets of bands that ought to play live sets together.

Best albums of 2016 so far, and more

No essays, just great tunes from a few old favorites

Finding metal outside America and Europe – Eight bands from the developing world