heavy metal

Celestial Steel: Black Sites' "Sword of Orion" Strikes True (Early Track Stream)

Listen to a new single from the Chicago heavy/progressive metal band’s upcoming album “Untrue.”

Join Voidgazer in the Perilous, Tempting "Dance of the Undesirables" (Early EP Stream)

Stream the St. Louis ‘biker prog’ outfit’s sophomore EP now ahead of its Friday release.

Doctor Smoke Weaves Incessant Riffs Into "The Rope" (Music Video Premiere)

Watch a new video from Ohioan heavy metal/hard rockers Doctor Smoke from their upcoming album “Dreamers and the Dead.”

Sodom's Never-Ending Assault Continues With "Bombenhagel": An Interview with Tom Angelripper

Sodom’s vocalist and founding member discusses the thrash metal bombardment of their new “Bombenhagel” EP, and four decades of war stories.

Entering the Underground #14: Starlight Ritual's Classic Metal Is "Sealed in Starlight"

Starlight Ritual channels a powerful yet underrepresented form of classic heavy metal: the hard-rock-rooted majesty of the 1970-80s. Check out an interview with vocalist Damien Ritual.

Black Mass Conjures the Dark Past of Thrash Metal As "They Speak in Tongues" (Early Track Stream)

Heavily inspired by the first wave of thrash metal and its violent power, this new track from Boston thrashers Black Mass nods to Mercyful Fate as well — listen now.

Vaelmyst Uncovers The "Secrypts of the Egochasm" (Early Album Stream)

Death metal meets melody—and heavy metal, too. Stream the debut album from this vicious Los Angeles melodic death metal outfit.

Dive Into Crystal Spiders' Earth-Shaking "Maelstrom" (Music Video Premiere)

Watch an old-school horror mashup accompaniment to a new single off of the North Carolina doom band’s upcoming album “Morieris.”

Screaming Bloody Oranges, Episode #17: Heavy Metal and Movies

Our podcast returns, this time with ex-editor-in-chief Andrew Rothmund sitting in for a special and lengthy discussion on how heavy metal and movies interact.

"Helloween" Marks a New, United Chapter of Pumpkin Power Metal (Review)

The long-standing power metal band’s eighteenth album unites its past and present on this new album, which sees Kai Hansen, Michael Kiske, and Andi Deris all share vocal duties on a high-quality slice of European power metal.
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