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The unique brutal musical extremism and atmosphere is inseparable from a violent and chaotic history

Musicians who were inspired to pick up an instrument because of hardcore punk, and then funneled that raw fury and angst into another challenging direction in sound.

Decibel, the black-hearted monthly extreme metal culture tract helmed by Choosing Death author Albert Mudrian, has announced the 2017 lineup of its annual take-no-prisoners tour.

BLOODY ROOTS OF THRASH METAL EVOLUTION 1986-2016 on SiriusXM Week of December 10, 2016 Sat 12/10, 6PM ET Sun 12/11, 1PM ET Mon 12/12, 9AM ET Tues, 12/13, 4PM...

In 2017, the rough-hewn Rudd will finally hit the road in support of his 2014 solo outing Head Job

Los Angeles legends Saccharine Trust are set to perform their 1981 SST Records hallmark Pagan Icons release in its entirety, along with their 1981...

G.B.H. were early pioneers of English street punk, often nicknamed "UK82." The band has gone on to influence punk and metal musicians around the globe.

Emerging from various scenes including death metal, doom, and technical progressive metal, bands including Gorguts, Ahab, SubRosa, the Ocean, Cult of Luna, and Ne Obliviscaris

If you hear what sounds like the Cro-Mags blaring out over the ice or the gridiron...well, now you know.

Since Heavy Metal Movies first arrived, a cloven hoof-ful of new metal docs have arisen that warrant their own headbanging tribute.

And if you think this epic roundup of new release details for one month's Blu-ray offerings is insane, you are absolutely right!

“Their debut album, Into the Grave, remains one of the best Swedish death metal albums of all.”

The video feels like a parody, which is jarring in relation to the very real tragedy at the end of the original Mayhem history.

Shot from an iPhone on Dave’s drum kit, the clip depicts Lombardo thundering through “Green Hell” during a pre-concert sound check in Chicago.

Self-published periodicals connected metalheads and tape traders all over the planet in the days—a kind of long-haired, paper and glue version of the Internet.

BLOODY ROOTS of the NWOBHM: When Hard Rock Became Heavy Metal Week of November 12, 2016 Sat 11/12, 6PM ET Sun 11/13, 1PM ET Mon 11/14, 9AM ET Tues...

WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey's all-time classic rock documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke chronicles with machine gun wit and guerrilla flair Sonic...

Arising from the old Swedish city Hedemora in 1990, the eardrum-pummeling Centinex has ventured forth from an initial hardcore hybrid featuring two lead vocalists...

Even metalheads who hate grunge love TAD.

Join us as we unearth the relentless power, melody, and groove of Stockholm, Sweden's, death metal magistrates