Having conquered the globe at various stages of its existence, metal is one of music's greatest counterculture movements, but there's no denying the genre has struggled for the past decade. From ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...

Helmet were pioneers of the alternative metal movement in the early 1990s. They had a bit of success upon forming, but they eventually perfected their sound further with the 1992 record Meantime. It’s ...

In 1997, unassuming crooner Pat Boone did the unexpected: he released an album of rock and heavy metal covers, done in his style. In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy was the product of Boone and his ...

Here are the 50 best metal albums of the 2000s. Each decade of metal is memorable for its own reasons as new scenes have continuously emerged, widening the net that is cast out to ensnare new ...