MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of June 2021
Summer is upon us, and we have some heavy tunes to go with it.
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A KISS Army Loyalist on How KISS Transformed His Life and How the Band Should End It All
A KISS Army stalwart muses on the band’s legacy and a lifetime of super-fandom as KISS nears the “End of the Road”.
Music Journalist Art Tavana Gets in the Ring with Guns n’ Roses
In his analysis of Guns n’ Roses legacy, Tavana considers the recklessness, decadence, and Kurt Cobain feud that overshadowed the brilliance of Appetite for Destruction.
MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of May 2021
Lockdowns are slowly easing, the heatwave is getting closer, and May fully delivered with an abundance of heavy releases.
Gojira Issue a Rallying Cry for Collective Resilience with ‘Fortitude’
French metal quartet Gojira introduce new wrinkles in their sound on Fortitude without abandoning their origins.
Big|Brave Live Up to Their Name on ‘Vital’
Montreal experimental metal trio Big|Brave explore damage and the weight of social injustice on Vital. Listen mindfully and you may feel revitalized.
Decoherence’s ‘System I’ Is a Haunting Work of Extravagant Black Metal (album premiere)
Filled with venomous riffs, a cold-detached precision, and a sharp dissonant edge, Decoherence’s System I is a haunting work of extravagant black metal.
Ranking the 13 Opeth Albums From Worst to Best
Across 24 years and 13 albums, Opeth have made some of the most challenging and fascinating music in the history of modern metal. We count down to their best albums.
MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of April 2021
This month in metal: Spectral Lore push progressive black metal’s boundaries, post-rock pioneers Godspeed You! Black Emperor return, and modern thrashers Evile tweak their sound to arise after eight long years.
Nöthin’ But a Good Time Parties Like It’s 1989
Nöthin’ But a Good Time takes readers on a loud tour of the monster decade of the ’80s, but not for the reasons you’d think.
A Transfusion of New Blood Revives Cannibal Corpse on ‘Violence Unimagined’
Cannibal Corpse have always exploited violence while doggedly refusing to contemplate what it means. Violence Unimagined thrills nonetheless.