The 10 Best Metal Albums of 2021
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Arena fillers, dwellers of the underground, and more. We run down the year's finest — and heaviest
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Bruce Dickinson on the Good and Evil That Inspired Iron Maiden’s New Album, ‘Senjutsu’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFrom a reassessment of Winston Churchill's valor to his vision of the apocalypse, the singer reveals where he finds the drama that feeds the beast behind the band
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Carcass Wrote the Blueprint for Death-Metal Extremity. Now They Just Want to Write a Great Song
Posted in: Music FeaturesAhead of the release of their seventh LP, the godfathers of "goregrind" discuss how they've squared musical mayhem with maturity
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How ‘Two Minutes to Late Night’ Created the Web’s Wildest Quarantine Covers Series
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe team behind the irreverent heavy-metal talk show reflect on roping big names like Les Claypool and Max Weinberg into their off-the-wall yet musically legit Bedroom Covers
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15 Metal Christmas Songs for Unsilent, Unholy Nights
Posted in: Music ListsAC/DC, Dio, Type O Negative, Korn and more deck the halls with heavy riffs
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Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Burning Churches to Boost His Black-Metal Band
Posted in: Music NewsHolden Matthews previously pleaded guilty and acknowledged he was inspired by infamous Norwegian church fires carried out by Mayhem bassist
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Extreme Metal Goes Symphonic With DeathOrchestra’s ‘Spirit Crusher’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHybrid Russian ensemble puts a classical spin on the pioneering and progressive work of the band Death, and its late leader Chuck Schuldiner
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Remembering Power Trip’s Riley Gale, a Ferocious Frontman Who Made You Feel Like Family
Posted in: Music FeaturesA friend and fan of the late thrash-metal legend-in-the-making looks back at how the vocalist galvanized diverse scenes and made friends across the globe
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‘He Made the World Bigger’: Inside John Zorn’s Jazz-Metal Multiverse
Posted in: Music FeaturesFor more than 30 years, the maverick composer has been splicing genres and unifying disparate scenes. Zorn and collaborators from Mike Patton to Bill Frisell reflect on why music has never been the same
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Metal Drum God Dave Lombardo on Life in Quarantine
Posted in: Music Features"Take a fucking shower," advises ex-Slayer and current Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies member to those waiting out the lockdown
