Why is Swedish metal so melodic? That's the question we propose in Ep. 13 on Loudwire's ongoing video series, "50 Years of Heavy Metal." Akerfeldt and the members of In Flames recall a nationally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the genre's influence on modern metal as powerful as ever, here's a handy guide to melodic death metal's evolution across the ...

Lists Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson These bands embody all the best things about metal: catchy riffs and great songwriting, effective use of melody to create a narrative structure, ...

The Finnish melodic death metal band Lights To Remain are set to release their second album, Shattered Reality, in early 2027 via Inverse Records. The first single and music video, “Into The Unknown” ...

A classic blueprint for the genre. This style has been mimicked by countless bands since and was gateway into ’90s death metal for our generation. One of the most sorrowful records from the ’90s. From ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Undeath Move From the Grave to the Stage, and More New Metal That's only a slight exaggeration. In the '90s, Gothenburg's melodic ...

I didn’t expect to have an overtly emotional reaction to the new Kalmah album, Palo. Honestly, I almost skipped right past it when I saw it in my inbox, ready to auto-consign it to the purgatory of my ...

Napalm Records has announced the signing of the Japanese melodic power metal force HAGANE. With a new album, a new label home, and plenty of momentum behind them, HAGANE is ready to take the next step ...

Last week, I wrote an open letter to metalcore discussing our falling out (and tipping my hat to excellent metalcore dudes Mercury Switch). What this glazed over was my main beef with it and why I’ve ...

All For Metal, Myrath and Masterplan lead the line-up for a festival combining live music with retro gaming, tabletop ...

Earlier this year, Gatecreeper told us about their 10 favorite melodic death metal albums as they got ready to release their own great new album, Dark Superstition, and now Fit For An Autopsy have ...