Although metal bands have traditionally been viewed as existing just outside the commercial mainstream of the music industry, a creeping commercialization has been taking place in the metal world for ...

When Sabaton formed in 1999, power metal was about the dirtiest word you could utter. While most of the world was doing it for the Nookie, Gothenburg was transforming Sweden’s heavy music topography ...

The 2000s were a wasteland for guitar heroes. Nu metal’s seven-string groovers had little time for plank-spanking pyrotechnics, and even Metallica metaphorically glued Kirk Hammett’s fingers inside ...

Who really invented power metal? Was it really Helloween with The Keepers of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1 album as the legend goes, or is there more to this story? That's the question we explore in Ep. 19 of ...

There’s a clip of Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett playing air-guitar along to Judas Priest’s set at Power Trip, the three-day concert featuring hard-rock and metal superstars, held in ...

As the week rolled into the weekend, it was time for ProgPower USA to take it up a notch. Day Three and Day Four had both undergone numerous roster changes, including almost half of the Day Four ...

As a publication, we at Phoenix New Times try and present a wide array of cultural coverage. It’s our goal to talk about bands from across the musical spectrum with equal parts passion and authority.

When making a metal playlist in 2025, these new artists must be included. These are some of the newest bands that are pushing forward the genre pioneered by many legends in the 1970s. With so much ...