"Heavily influenced by earlier thrash bands as well, particularly Slayer, Sepultura have constantly straddled the line…"

"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…"

"Meshuggah is probably one of the heaviest and most brutal bands of all time. A lot of that is due to Mårten Hagström …"

"We’re playing the 80s. Other bands are still playing the 70s."