Enough Is Enough. It’s Time for the Rock Hall to Recognize Metal
What Iron Maiden's second snub says about the institution's attitude toward music's loudest genre
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They Once Made Music in Ukraine. Now They’re Fighting for Their Country
Posted in: Music Features“Everyone is afraid to die. But I feel the spirit of brotherhood,” says singer-songwriter Sasha Boole, one of many musicians turned soldiers currently putting their passion on hold for the battle against Russia
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Meshuggah’s ‘Immutable’ Mission
Posted in: Music FeaturesTomas Haake on the tolls and triumphs of three decades behind the drums with the masters of mind-warping metal
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The 10 Best Metal Albums of 2021
Posted in: Music ListsArena fillers, dwellers of the underground, and more. We run down the year’s finest — and heaviest
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Metallica’s Black Album: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow crib death, Chris Isaak and more figured into metal masters’ game-changing fifth LP
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15 Metal Christmas Songs for Unsilent, Unholy Nights
Posted in: Music ListsAC/DC, Dio, Type O Negative, Korn and more deck the halls with heavy riffs
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Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Burning Churches to Boost His Black-Metal Band
Posted in: Music NewsHolden Matthews previously pleaded guilty and acknowledged he was inspired by infamous Norwegian church fires carried out by Mayhem bassist
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Extreme Metal Goes Symphonic With DeathOrchestra’s ‘Spirit Crusher’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHybrid Russian ensemble puts a classical spin on the pioneering and progressive work of the band Death, and its late leader Chuck Schuldiner
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‘He Made the World Bigger’: Inside John Zorn’s Jazz-Metal Multiverse
Posted in: Music FeaturesFor more than 30 years, the maverick composer has been splicing genres and unifying disparate scenes. Zorn and collaborators from Mike Patton to Bill Frisell reflect on why music has never been the same
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Metal Drum God Dave Lombardo on Life in Quarantine
Posted in: Music Features“Take a fucking shower,” advises ex-Slayer and current Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies member to those waiting out the lockdown
