Though goth metal is a tiny niche in the U.S. ― easily topped by Evanescence, playing the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater on Sept. 11 in Tuscaloosa ― there's more across the pond, especially in Scandanavia ...

The year 1984 was one of the greatest in heavy metal history. Some might argue the greatest. A cornucopia of genre styles and creative breakthroughs led to a mainstream explosion that would dominate ...

Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree, in the 90s. There were a lot of bands that gained a lot of popularity thanks to the historical context. This doesn’t mean ...

Gallows Majesty is doing something different. At least when considering Lincoln's contemporary metal music gamut, Gallows Majesty's brand of early '80s synchronized, speed-shredding guitar, galloping ...

The once-maligned genre of nu metal has since been re-evaluated as the important, influential, unique moment for music and culture that it always was, and it’s been everywhere lately, so we’ve been ...