Allow us to introduce you to Dragoncorpse, an international band who might be the only ones playing a hybrid style of deathcore and power metal. And, yes, it's sick! Deathcore, since its inception, ...

When Sabaton formed in 1999, power metal was about the dirtiest word you could utter. While most of the world was doing it for the Nookie, Gothenburg was transforming Sweden’s heavy music topography ...

The 2000s were a wasteland for guitar heroes. Nu metal’s seven-string groovers had little time for plank-spanking pyrotechnics, and even Metallica metaphorically glued Kirk Hammett’s fingers inside ...

Who really invented power metal? Was it really Helloween with The Keepers of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1 album as the legend goes, or is there more to this story? That's the question we explore in Ep. 19 of ...

There’s a clip of Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett playing air-guitar along to Judas Priest’s set at Power Trip, the three-day concert featuring hard-rock and metal superstars, held in ...

As the week rolled into the weekend, it was time for ProgPower USA to take it up a notch. Day Three and Day Four had both undergone numerous roster changes, including almost half of the Day Four ...

During an interview with Altars Of Metal , Power Trip guitarist Blake Ibanez revealed that the band is moving on from Gale’s ...

As a publication, we at Phoenix New Times try and present a wide array of cultural coverage. It’s our goal to talk about bands from across the musical spectrum with equal parts passion and authority.

When making a metal playlist in 2025, these new artists must be included. These are some of the newest bands that are pushing forward the genre pioneered by many legends in the 1970s. With so much ...

After a decade-plus of metal fandom, I’ve found it harder and harder to find bands that truly stick with me. As a teen, the sheer sonic brutality of Slayer’s Reign in Blood or Death’s Leprosy gripped ...

So yeah, I've been listening to punk for a long time, but I've also heard some metal that I've really liked. Specifically, In Flames. I've heard the albums "Clayman," "The Tokyo Showdown," and their ...