The true answer to the profound and fabled loneliness endured by the myriads of one-man black metal projects: one-woman black metal bands.

Few figures continue to cast such a huge shadow over the metal scene as Aleister Crowley, the famous – and infamous – 20th century occultist. In 2006, Crowley aficionados Dani Filth, Ville Valo and ...

Blackbraid and more bring two days of black metal madness to Fortress Fest… In this exclusive excerpt from black metal historian Dayal Patterson’s new expanded book, Black Metal: Evolution Of ...

No, Halloween isn’t easy for black metallers. That’s why we’ve assembled an October 31st black metal playlist. After all, with so many people wandering to your door, today is the perfect opportunity ...

There’s no mistaking a great black metal band name when we hear one: Mayhem, Darkthrone, Kaosritual, Behexen. Their charm can be in the tone they set or in their ability to sum up the subgenre in a ...

So imagine the admiration when you offer to pick up the tab for your friends' overpriced food and drinks and smack down this sexy hunk of black metal on the table. You can probably already hear ...

Highlighting standout underground metal releases each month. Mining Metal: Avtotheism, Black Curse, Chained to the Bottom of ...

Recently, we played a show in Cleveland, and some guy in a Godzilla costume showed up and started going nuts in the pit,” Lord Kaiju, the singer and guitarist for the death metal band Oxygen Destroyer ...

A brief history of rock music: part one The first heavy metal acts are considered to be Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, often referred to as the “unholy trinity”. Led Zeppelin ...

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