German visual artist Andreas Marschall is widely known as one of Metal's quintessential illustrators, his works having adorned album covers for decades. Bands like Blind Guardian,...
In 2012, ten years into their career, California’s As I Lay Dying released their sixth studio album titled Awakened. With the help of legendary Black Flag...
Despite the mainstream success and commercial appeal of Van Halen's 1984, this mega-selling album was released with some accompanying controversial issues. For instance, though the album...
This is the second part to our "A Guide to (some of) the Best Metal Album Covers of 2012" posting last week. As we know, cover...
On the heels of three well-received singles comes Ride Your Heart, the bombastic debut album by LA band, Bleached, out April 2 via Dead Oceans. Sisters...
Century Media's latest signing, Chicagoland-based, melodic death metal band Starkill, will release their debut album, Fires of Life, on March 4th in Europe and March 5th...
As far as Metal music goes 2012 was one of the most interesting years in a long time. Masterful albums such as Sigh's In Somniphobia, Ihsahn's...
In 2005, legendary North American illustrator Joe Petagno published via Feral House the book "Orgasmatron: The Heavy Metal Art of Joe Petagno". The impressively-illustrated volume compiled...
Veteran visual artist Paul Raymond Gregory seems to be one of the busiest personalities in the world of heavy Metal. The British painter and illustrator recently...
"For The Heart, Soul and Mind", a brand new song from Croatian doom/Gothic metallers Ashes You Leave, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below -...
Let’s compare the first half of Guns N' Roses' roller coaster-like career with a winning hand in a card game. We have the mega-selling, game-changer Appetite...
Canadian progressive metal pioneers Voivod have premiered the artwork for their 13th studio album, 'Target Earth', on the band's official Facebook page - see below. The...
"To follow your own vision without compromising and conforming to other people’s demands and expectations would make you a king in what people would just define...
In many ways, Cynic’s 1993 debut full-length, Focus, was such a revolutionary recording that even by today's standards it still sounds as current as ever. Its...
Croatian doom/gothic metallers Ashes You Leave will release their sixth full-length album, The Cure For Happiness, on November 29th worldwide via Rock N Growl Records. The...