The US might have cornered the market on sludge, but they didn't hold an entire monopoly. In the UK's East Midlands, Fudge Tunnel would pick up the baton from Melvins and fuse noise rock and sludge, ...

Here is Loudwire's ranking of the 13 best metal albums of 2025. We've already anointed singled out this year's 51 best rock and metal albums of the year overall, but now it's time to get into the ...

The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) For me, the best death metal feels like a location, a literal spatial world made accessible through music. There’s something about Ego Dissolution ...

This year has been well-saturated with all kinds of great heavy music. Regardless of your genre of preference, 2024 probably had something for you to enjoy. If you’re like me, and you enjoy a lot of ...

Oklahoma City’s underground and lauded sludge rock and metal quartet Chat Pile and Texan ambient and folk guitarist Hayden Pedigo could answer that question if it ever crossed your mind. Despite ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...