Swedish melodic metal supergroup CYHRA have released Box With Spirits, an atmospheric new single that interrogates the cost of hiding emotions. Stream and watch now.

Why is Swedish metal so melodic? That's the question we propose in Ep. 13 on Loudwire's ongoing video series, "50 Years of Heavy Metal." Akerfeldt and the members of In Flames recall a nationally ...

Lists Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson These bands embody all the best things about metal: catchy riffs and great songwriting, effective use of melody to create a narrative structure, ...

Metalcore is an extremely popular genre today, but for some reason, the genre’s founding ancestor, melodic death-metal, hasn’t really crossed over into the “scene”—and there’s just no excuse for that.

New York City-based progressive/melodic death dealers Solemn Vision signed to Black Lion Records for the release of their forthcoming album, details forthcoming. What we do know is that the band has a ...

Last week, I wrote an open letter to metalcore discussing our falling out (and tipping my hat to excellent metalcore dudes Mercury Switch). What this glazed over was my main beef with it and why I’ve ...

Over the past 15 years, a slow, steady swarm of local extreme metal bands have codified the OC/Long Beach music scene, taking things to the next level while still maintaining a tightly knit community.