Channelling personal tragedy into their previous two efforts, the gorgeous When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light and ...

In the UK, bands like My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost pioneered a strand of metal known as gothic doom, sludge-heavy guitar riffs fused to atmospherics ripped straight off a Sisters of Mercy album.

For those who aren’t familiar, Impending Doom is a Christian deathcore band from the mean streets of Riverside (side note: why are 90% of deathcore bands from the Inland Empire??). From their ...

but these 10 LA bands will show you another side of the city. At their Brooklyn show with Cloak, Denver’s Khemmis remind fans why they came to metal in the first place. EXCLUSIVE: Hear The ...

Here are 10 metal bands whose third album is their best! Back in June 2024, we looked at 10 metal bands whose second album is their best (thereby proving that the feared “sophomore slump ...

Metal is many things. A material hard and coarse in nature that by forging it in fire becomes sharp enough to cut through anything in its path. The music that bares its namesake is equally cutting ...

Southern Rock meets Heavy Metal. Light of Doom's members are all between the ages of 12 and 14. They got a huge boost on the Fox TV show The Next Great American Band, where judges advanced them ...

Uncover the author's unique music traditions, from pirate radio on Memorial Day to gothic rock for a spooky Halloween ...

Because Norwegian gothic/doom metal act Funeral are back with a new track titled “Procession of Misery.” You know, in case you don’t know what you’re getting into. Having been around since the early ...

The whole gothic thing was what we were about. We got marketed us as ‘White Metal’, which was crazy ... I realise a lot of younger bands feel it inspired them, and I’ve been told the term ‘doom’ grew ...

Metal music began in the late 60s and rose to prominence in the early 70s in Britain. The term “metal” is believed to have come from the hippie movement, when “heavy” meant deep or serious.