Around beginning of the 21st Century, there was a wave of new hard rock and metal acts arriving on the scene, most of whom got lumped into the what was being dubbed "nu metal" at the time. In the ...

The long, intertwined roots of one of the world’s most successful independent metal labels can be traced back to a dorm room in a military boarding school two decades ago. Ash Avildsen, the future ...

Gear Gods scribe Trey Xavier makes a really good point with regards to sending unsolicited demos to record labels: Think of it like this – expecting a label to sign you based solely on a demo you send ...

For over 35 years, Metal Blade Records has been putting out some of your favorite releases in all walks of heavy music. It's a label worth celebrating, and this August, Metal Blade and BMG are ...

Bandcamp is easily the best download and streaming platform available to bands. It has everything a record label could ever want, too: the ability to offer streams and/or downloads, customizable ...

“That’s the American way of naming traditional heavy metal.” Cans also delved into his personal history, discussing his time studying music in Hollywood. Originally from Sweden, he relocated to the ...

Even with “Thank You” and “Ramble On” on Led Zeppelin II, critics considered the LP the birth of metal. (Many still do.) And after III, some wondered if the Zep would pick a lane (i.e., hard or soft).