Br00tal-lists

Here are the 25 characters that have made metal what it is today.

We asked the synth-rock master to name the cheeseball ’80s gems that absolutely rule.

Here are 10 contemporary acts whose names were taken before they chose them.

Here are 10 bands keeping Japan sunless and satanic.

Here are 11 artists whose ridiculous qualities don’t make us any less inspired by them.

Here are 12 diamonds in the rough where it got REALLY rough.

Here are 10 songs from Russia’s long tradition of anti-war rock anthems.

Here are 12 bands who provided all the Music From The Motion Picture.

In honor of International Women’s Day, here are 16 women who have altered metal’s course in the past two decades.

Here are 10 metal tracks that’ll pound this awful week right out of you.

On his 50th birthday, we honor Nocturno Culto’s musicianship past his infamous three albums with Darkthrone.

From a dude who’s been doing this for 10+ years.

Here are 11 tours where the crowd left talking about anyone but the last act.

Heavy metal is one of popular music’s original villains. Because […]

Here are metal’s greatest build-ups, peaks, and breathtaking catharses.

Here’s a round-up of the best bands from the frostbitten land of throat-singing, wrestling, and killer metal.

Here are 12 albums you owned but always felt the need to explain when someone found them.

Here are 13 metal musicians we’d throw ourselves in front of to save.

Here are 14 subgenres rated by their cultural importance versus how fun it is to actually listen to them.

In honor of Axl Rose’s sixtieth birthday.