traditional heavy metal

The Swedish band’s second EP features a no-frills, melody-heavy approach to traditional heavy metal – stream it now.

With their fifth full-length out this week, we talked to guitarist Christian Lindell about the band’s new album, their writing process, and how they’ve continued to stand out in the metal scene.

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

White Magician (whose members also comprise Demon Bitch) plays a beguiling form of traditional metal rooted in adventurous hard rock. Check out an interview with the project mastermind The Great Kaiser.

This Swedish traditional heavy metal ripper is the work of battle-hardened metal talents on a quest to expose the bleeding heart of heavy metal: listen to the full album now and check out an interview with the band.

The Finnish doom/heavy duo’s upcoming self-titled album melds heavy metal aggression with doom metal melancholy: stream a new single from it now.