Sweden's Enforcer are by far the biggest and most influential heavy metal band of the 2000s. Formed in 2005 the band went against all trends as a larger than life-styled heavy metal band for the masses, in a world of chug core and watered down metal. Quickly gaining success in the underground Enf...

The most influential heavy metal band to come out of Europe during the 1980s. By taking the hard-riffing and minor-key melodies handed down from metal masters like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, then infusing them with the speed and energy introduced by the burgeoning thrash metal movement, Hellow...

No matter how much everything changes in culture and the world at a large, heavy metal endures. It empowers. It engages. It engenders strength and it outlasts fads. The same can be said for HAMMERFALL. Since forming in Gothenburg, Sweden during 1993, the now quintet of Oscar Dronjak [guitar], Joa...

Meshuggah stands along. The most inventive and creative metal band of the last 30 years and one of the most widely revered. Meshuggah have been standard bearers for forward-thinking creativity in heavy music throughout their illustrious careers.

Formed in the college town of Umeå in northern S...

Hypocrisy has a 30-year history with 12 albums, hundreds of gigs all over the world, and thousands of fans. This influential Swedish death metal band started from the will of one person, and this person’s name was (and is) Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, The Abyss, PAIN, ex-Lindemann). Having made the...

Kadavar is a German rock band from Berlin, founded in 2010. It currently consists of guitarist/lead vocalist Christoph "Lupus" Lindemann, drummer Christoph "Tiger" Bartelt, bassist Simon "Dragon" Bouteloup, and guitarist and keyboardist Jascha Kreft. Their retro style, incorporating psychedelic r...

The foundation of Korpiklaani in 2003 in Lahti, Finland brought the traditional folk music back to life. No one could have foreseen that such a large audience would be interested in Finnish and English mythological texts.

A melodic power/death/folk metal band delving into Viking legends for lyrical inspiration, Helsinki, Finland's Ensiferum (Latin for "sword bearer") had to continually coexist with various simultaneous metal projects undertaken by its members. Founded in 1995 by guitarist Markus Toivonen, Ensiferu...

Obsidian… dark, reflective and black: it’s a pretty decent description of the music that Paradise Lost have been making over the last 36 years, even though this most resilient of British metal bands have stoically refused to be pinned down to one easily defined formula. Powered by a lust for crea...

Considered one of the biggest and most important bands in Brazilian Heavy Metal history.

Starting in 2014, its brief, but intense history brings some legends of the called “Brazilian metal scene” that left their marks on world wide renowned bands: Shaman, Angra and Project 46. They also have in ...

The legendary death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by current and surviving members, drummer/composer Steve Asheim, and bassist/vocalist/lyricist Glen Benton. The band rose to mainstream success in 1992 with their second album Legion, and is credited as the second-best-selling death ...

Never faltering, Norway’s iconic ENSLAVED continue to exist as one of the most original and dependable components in the metal scene’s indestructible backbone. Possessing the reputation as one of the most riveting live acts around, they never fail to offer talent of the highest calibre, always do...

Ukraine’s JINJER are inarguably one of modern metal's hottest and most exciting bands active today. Through their relentless hard work, matchless talent and non-stop touring, the four-piece has manifested its standing as one of the best live acts to date, gaining them a fiercely loyal, rabid fan...

Melodic grindcore: An oxymoronic definition, some might even say a moronic definition... but still the definition that best applies to this Norwegian quintet’s music.

Beaten To Death consists of members from Insense, Tsjuder, The Cumshots and She Said Destroy and have won fans over globally for ...

Killswitch Engage first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. A musical outlier, the band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism th...

In a music scene full of seemingly endless subgenres and transient trends, In Flames are an example of what it means to steadfastly stay true to your vision. Since forming in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990 the legendary melodic metal act have toured the planet countless times and influenced many of ...

Unearth is an American metalcore band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1998. The group consists of lead guitarist Buz McGrath, vocalist Trevor Phipps, drummer Mike Justian, bassist Chris O'Toole and rhythm guitarist Peter Layman.

French post metal pioneers HYPNO5E have always been a borderline band, in the truest sense of the term: a band that transcend the borders and limitations of not only the genre of music which is commonly considered to be their territory, but the territory of music itself. Their conceptual, cinemat...