When Sabaton formed in 1999, power metal was about the dirtiest word you could utter. While most of the world was doing it for the Nookie, Gothenburg was transforming Sweden’s heavy music topography ...

The 2000s were a wasteland for guitar heroes. Nu metal’s seven-string groovers had little time for plank-spanking pyrotechnics, and even Metallica metaphorically glued Kirk Hammett’s fingers inside ...

Fans are absolutely smitten with Towers of Gold, the new album by Sacred Outcry, and there seems to be a consensus that we've already been blessed with the best power metal album of 2023. The band ...

When making a metal playlist in 2025, these new artists must be included. These are some of the newest bands that are pushing forward the genre pioneered by many legends in the 1970s. With so much ...

Here are 11 of the best love songs by some of the biggest bands in heavy metal. Metal bands aren't always known for their ability to be touchy feely, but on more than one occasion, heavy metal has ...

A popular German power metal band was quite shaken up when multiple members suddenly left the group, all at the same time. The band has gotten back on its feet, though, and has been born anew with ...

Horns up! There is nothing like listening to insane guitar riffs, heavy bass, soaring, even growling vocals, and a powerful drum beat. Even better, much of metal music is based on classical theory.

At first glance, a Gloryhammer set may look and sound similar to many other European power metal bands with a sense of energy that lead singer Sozos Michael describes as “relentless.” But upon further ...

(TheBRHM.com) Let’s get into a few of my favorite screechers and shriekers in speed metal and thrash from the 2000s. Three of these singers are still going today performing and/or recording. However, ...

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