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 Bullets each carry one or two.
By Julien Vasseur
5 October · 9 min read
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...
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Explainers
Three records in the right order teach more than a year of genre charts. The different types of heavy metal, from traditional to doom to the young guard, with a first record for each and the...
By Declan Rourke
Explainers
They share a grandfather in Venom and almost nothing else. Thrash palm mutes so you can dismantle a riff while it plays; black metal tremolo picks so you cannot. Thrash writes paragraphs, bl...
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
How Heavy Metal Bands Got Their Names
| Date | Band | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | Goblin Cock | Traumanaut | Full-length |
| 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 |
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