Welcome to Pitchfork’s monthly metal column, where we guide you through the genre’s new music and happenings with an eye towards a specific theme. The most memorable—if not the most lucid—depiction of ...

Pantera will go down in history as one of the most powerful heavy metal bands ever, often credited with keeping the genre afloat when it was out of style in the mid-'90s. It’s a road that wouldn’t ...

One guitarist, one bassist, one drummer and any one of them ripping on vocals. Sometimes, less is more and these traditional power trios have made some of rock and metal’s most epic music. Power trios ...

In the eyes of many elitist music fans having an extensive Hair Metal album collection is the equivalent of having Celine Dion's entire catalog uploaded into your iPod. But for the legions of fans, ...

Celebrity couples in metal society are anything but rare, but unlike in the mainstream these folks aren’t always on TV and don’t have their own reality shows. Well, Ozzy had one… but we can pretend it ...

Thousands of years after the Bronze and Iron Ages, the true Metal Age dawned half a century ago. In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord ...

Alex is a writer on Game Rant and a complex story appreciator with a soft spot for fantasy anime. He likes films and shows that boast strong characters and complex worlds. Alex thinks the best kinds ...

Before the release of 1992’s Vulgar Display Of Power, Pantera were, for all intents and purposes, just another heavy metal band. There’s no denying that the Texan quartet were talented, as evidenced ...