Features
Monday, December 26 2011
The Best Metal of 2011
PopMatters’ staff of metal experts present their top picks from a year that offered a standout work of Christian “progressive death metalcore”, a philosophical treatise on “Transcendent Black Metal”, and one amazing debut.
Wednesday, December 17 2008
The Best Metal Albums of 2008
It was a stellar year for metal, and an eclectic year, too: Norweigian prog-metal, goth-infused death metal, Swedish thrash, black metal, and stoner rock all make the list.
Columns
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Metal Albums of 2009
It seems every year I say it, but this year it's truer than ever: this was one hell of a year for metal. If you think the Mastodon record is good (which it is) just wait 'til you hear this list’s top three.
Wednesday, November 18 2009
Dimensional Walls Getting Thinner: The Collective Minds of Krallice
What started out a back-to-basics project has turned into one of the coolest, most forward-thinking American metal bands of this decade.
Wednesday, December 10 2008
The Best Metal Albums of 2008
It was a stellar year for metal, and an eclectic year, too: Norwegian prog-metal, goth-infused death metal, Swedish thrash, black metal, and stoner rock all make the list.
Reviews
Friday, May 6 2011
Krallice: Diotima
The experimental metal band's third album in three years continues their steady, strange evolution.
