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The 15 Best Metal Albums of 2025

The 15 Best Metal Albums of 2025

Castle Rat, Ghost, Halestorm, Deftones, and 11 more artists made records that defined the year in heavy

December 24, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne: 20 Essential Songs

The ultimate heavy-metal vocalist leaves behind an incredible legacy, from Black Sabbath classics to solo hits

July 23, 2025

NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Talks Heavy Metal and Mental Health

'The heavier the song, the louder the song, the better it makes me feel,' said the 23Xl Racing driver

May 9, 2023

Pune Thrash Metal Band Kasck Get Brutal on Debut EP ‘Deal with the Devil’

The band offer heavy riffs, pulsating drums and resolute vocals across four tracks

February 6, 2023

Meshuggah’s ‘Immutable’ Mission

Tomas Haake on the tolls and triumphs of three decades behind the drums with the masters of mind-warping metal

March 16, 2022

Immolation’s Pitch-Black Death Metal Matures Like Fine Wine on ‘The Age of No Light’

More than 30 years after their debut, the Yonkers, New York, veterans keep perfecting their deliciously dismal soundworld

January 27, 2022

Extreme Metal Goes Symphonic With DeathOrchestra’s ‘Spirit Crusher’

Hybrid Russian ensemble puts a classical spin on the pioneering and progressive work of the band Death, and its late…

October 13, 2020

‘Lords of Chaos’ Review: Black Metal Biopic Should Be Burned at the Cross

Jonas Ã…kerlund’s look at the fast rise and bloody fall of Mayhem should be the real deal — so why…

February 8, 2019

Diary of a Madman #8: A Tribute to Blue Frog

On the verge of it shutting down, and possibly relocating to nether realms, Dr. Hex takes a walk down the…

August 29, 2016

Black Sabbath: Metal Trailblazers Look Back

Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler recall the rise and fall of the first - and greatest - incarnation of heavy…

February 19, 2016