"[Euronymous] had the belief, the more extreme the better, the more unbelievable the better. [...] Then you have someo…"

"The arrival of Mayhem draws, for many people, a historical line in the sand for black metal. As arguably the first ba…"

"Mayhem is arguably the most infamous part of the early Norwegian black metal scene, and although they’re largely know…"

"If it weren’t obvious enough from album titles and covers such as The Archaic Course, Winter Thrice and True North, B…"

"These pot-smoking musical maniacs in the grindcore band Cephalic Carnage are responsible for some of the most complex…"

"Bands as one-dimensional as Crowbar usually don't deserve much recommendation, but when stylistic imperatives are mas…"

"You can be a jazz player and be respected by musicians, but the rest of the world doesn’t care. [...] We’re going to …"

"Hirax became a fixture in the Los Angeles metal community before they achieved broader recognition, beginning with 19…"

"Frustrated by the limitations of metal, and disillusioned by insular politics of the “alternative” scene, Broadrick s…"

"Celtic Frost took the riffing ethos of Tony Iommi and applied it to their slightly thrashy nature and whole-hearted m…"