Here are 12 classic black metal albums turning 30 years old in 2025.

Heavy metal has never looked as directionless as it did in 1995. Keith Kahn-Harris looks back to a genre close to dissipating ...

Speaking of which, there's also a wonderfully diverse spread of new music to sink into; but first, the results of last week's ...

In 2019, two young rappers equally inspired by the influential Chicago drill rapper Chief Keef and black metal acts like Darkthrone formed the underground experimental rap collective Haunted ...

No, I did not score Black Sabbath tickets. I certainly tried – say what you will about the insanely inflated prices, the band ...

Like an avant-garde blender emulsifying the aspects of black metal, thrash metal, and hardcore that makes up their sound, ...

After using my cheaper, lower-powered brush for a while, the blast of the full-power Clean setting on the Philips was ...

Tails can hold his own in a fight, utilizing his flight, speed, and intellect to slice through metal. Emerl, a robot, has the potential to be the strongest in battle by learning moves from Sonic ...

With some of the best audio tuning around and a sound that belies their lightweight and build, the ATH-R70xa look to be your ...

Within the loud realm of metal, it often exists happily unbothered by the mainstream. And although a metal band going ...

Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath changed the future of heavy music when they released their self-titled debut album. Armed with a 1965 Gibson SG Special and a slow, ...

Support on all dates comes from Speed’s Thailand-based Flatspot labelmates Whispers, whose new Yom-Ma-Lok EP has a song ...