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 ...

A lot of focus rightfully lands on the scores and scores of black metal bands around the world, but what about the organizations and teams that support their supremacy? No matter how large or small an ...

Most black metal experts will agree that the subgenre began losing its power in 1993 — “a year of misery,” to quote Nargaroth. After the murder of Mayhem‘s Euronymous, the media attention that the BM ...

Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has long stood out as one of the most popularized alternative cultures in contemporary music. Throughout the genre’s existence there has ...

Often, when discussing durability of a rack, a review will talk about the type of metal used to build it. In this case, Topeak uses 6061 hollow aluminum. The “hollow” makes it lightweight ...

If you’re looking to pick up hot ticket items for the holidays, Nordstrom Rack’s Black Friday sale will score you some big savings. With the holidays fast approaching, now’s the time to get ...

It was these drawbacks that led Stuart Semple to create his own incredibly black paint. Over the years, he’s refined the formula and improved its performance, steadily building a greater product ...

Here is your 2024 hard rock + metal album release calendar. With so many new metal and hard rock albums being released each week, it can be difficult to keep up. We’re making things a lot easier ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. There’s something satisfying about the heft and feel of a metal credit card. Whether it’s the cachet that comes with owning one ...

Sing-along with Rhys as he raps his way through his favourite black heroes for Black History Month.

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that v ...