The artist, who also recorded with the groups Voodoocult and Control Denied, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1999. He died ...

It's difficult to believe that death metal has been around for over 30 years. The mainstream's ignorance toward sonic brutality remains vehemently unswayed as outsiders still call it "noise" and label ...

Chuck Schuldiner's cover of Madonna's "Frozen" has surfaced online via the late Death mastermind's nephew. Stream the track.

The world of metal was as vast in 2022 as it’s ever been, and narrowing adown the hundreds of great metal albums released this year to a list of 30 was no easy feat. Throughout our picks, you’ll find ...

Leading Whitesnake’s career-saving/bolstering 1987 album on the European version is the indomitable “Still of the Night.” At ...

Death metal is defined in large part by its extremity, so perhaps it stands to reason that the genre’s most provocatively off-putting band is also its most commercially successful. Buffalo, New York’s ...

The Eagles of Death Metal closed their four-month residency at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles the same way they opened ...

When it comes to his musical tastes, Mikael Åkerfeldt has no problem labeling himself an “old fart.” It’s not too surprising to hear that the Opeth leader’s listening preferences tend toward the retro ...

I could pretend that there’s some overarching theme that unites the best metal albums of 2022, but I’d just be kidding myself — and you. The only thing many of these records have in common is how ...

Welcome to Pitchfork’s metal column, where this month columnist Sam Sodomsky revisits some of his favorites from throughout the year. At a time when streaming has made the act of listening ...