Lists Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson These bands embody all the best things about metal: catchy riffs and great songwriting, effective use of melody to create a narrative structure, ...

The first decade of the 2000s is still pretty fresh in everyone's minds as we were bombarded by a wealth of different stylings in heavy metal. Nu-metal and alternative metal dominated the earlier part ...

There’s very little debate about what I’m about to say and if you have problems with the statement, you’re just wrong. Okay, here goes: one of the great riff lords of our time is the great Pepper J.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...

The 1980s: the glory days of metal. What can we say about a decade of heavy music that hasn't already been said? We've all spent time arguing about the best metal bands, songs, guitarists, and just ...