From Castle Rat's fantastical doom metal to the Dirty Nil's punk- and classic rock-fueled blitzkrieg, these artists carried ...

2025 is well and truly underway! Just shy of the six-month point of the year, we've had massive new albums from the likes of Spiritbox, Architects, Machine Head, Ghost and so many others to show that ...

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The metal world is as vast as ever, and 2024 was full of countless great albums from all across the metal spectrum, by bands from all over the world. We included some of our heavy faves on our list of ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

This year has been well-saturated with all kinds of great heavy music. Regardless of your genre of preference, 2024 probably had something for you to enjoy. If you’re like me, and you enjoy a lot of ...

We've crowned Ghost's Skeleta in the writer's poll - but which metal albums from 2025 excited you most? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Nearly half of the most collected albums on Discogs‘ 2025 most collected albums list came from the worlds of rock and metal. The music cataloging website is popular among collectors who enjoy keeping ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Blood Incantation members left to right, Paul Riedl (guitar, ...

Testament‘s Para Bellum is both a thunderous celebration of the band’s thrash legacy and a bold venture into uncharted ...

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 ...