Heavy metal is rock by blood and by paperwork, and a separate nation by allegiance. Heavy metal vs rock, settled in the Hall of Fame, on the radio, on the festival posters and in the guitar solo rock let go.
By Declan Rourke
6 October · 8 min read
Explainers
Separated by a generation, not by a schism. Every thrash musician was a heavy metal fan first, and what they built was an argument: that the tempos had slowed, the choruses had got too oblig...
By Declan Rourke
Essential Albums
No other band carries all four Sabaton traits at once: the history lyrics, the march, the low rough voice, the gang chorus. Grave Digger, HammerFall, Accept, Powerwolf, Turisas and Hail of B...
By Julien Vasseur
Genre Histories
A torture cabinet in a film, a Hawkwind B-side, a joke about a lead balloon and a spelling bent at a drummer's suggestion. How heavy metal bands got their names, and why none of the big ones...
By Declan Rourke
Eirik Solvang
Black Metal
The Black Metal Records Collectors Chase
Andrzej Sawicki
Blackened Death
Viking, Folk and Everything Else Death Metal Absorbed
Rafael Quintero
Death Metal
The Death Metal Records Collectors Chase
Gareth Llewellyn
Grindcore
The Underrated Sludge Metal Albums
Ilse Brandt
Doom Metal
The Doom Metal Fonts
Declan Rourke
Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal vs Rock
| Date | Band | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | Hyver | La fête de la forêt enchantée | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Hellucination | Penumbral | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | HateSphere | Guillotine | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Werewolves | You're Weak and You Know You're Weak | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Cultus Sanguine | Tears Painted Sky | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Tungsten | Ashes | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Ram | Against | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Cardinals Folly | Let the Posers Fall! | Full-length |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Goblin Cock | Traumanaut | Full-length |
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