Blackbraid, Cradle Of Filth, Deafheaven - black metal continued to dominate in 2025 ...

It’s easy to forget just how much of a shock to the system black metal was when it exploded in the early 1990s. Even beyond the controversy – namely murder and church burning – it pushed metal to ...

We weren’t scared of grunge. We would see Dave Grohl wearing Sepultura t-shirts”: It was built on death metal – until three ...

If your black metal shelf already holds the classics and you’re itching for something beyond the familiar beats, this list is for you. These 10 bands bring their own sound, mood, and raw intensity ...

Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

Join us in celebrating Metallica with the five best covers of their hits by black metal bands. Have songs more black metal in spirit than “Bleeding Me” and “Fade to Black” ever existed?! Of course not ...

Today, we present our list of five of the best black metal artists who don’t fit the stereotype in order to shed light upon what is perhaps the most misunderstood genre of them all. But what is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...