When Sabaton formed in 1999, power metal was about the dirtiest word you could utter. While most of the world was doing it for the Nookie, Gothenburg was transforming Sweden’s heavy music topography ...

The 2000s were a wasteland for guitar heroes. Nu metal’s seven-string groovers had little time for plank-spanking pyrotechnics, and even Metallica metaphorically glued Kirk Hammett’s fingers inside ...

For January's "Morning Notes," News 3 Now is highlighting a local power metal band that just released their 13th album, "Live ...

A popular power metal band that gained traction in the early 2000s has postponed their upcoming tour. Said tour included a show in Philadelphia in March. In a statement posted to their website, ...

Allow us to introduce you to Dragoncorpse, an international band who might be the only ones playing a hybrid style of deathcore and power metal. And, yes, it's sick! Deathcore, since its inception, ...

A deep dive into favorite screeching and shrieking vocalists from 2000s speed metal and thrash, featuring Engage, Deathhammer, Skelator, and Dismantle.

Fans are absolutely smitten with Towers of Gold, the new album by Sacred Outcry, and there seems to be a consensus that we've already been blessed with the best power metal album of 2023. The band ...

A popular German power metal band was quite shaken up when multiple members suddenly left the group, all at the same time. The band has gotten back on its feet, though, and has been born anew with ...

It turns out that this is where Orbit Culture filmed the video for their 2021 single, Carvings, which featured a screaming ...

After a decade-plus of metal fandom, I’ve found it harder and harder to find bands that truly stick with me. As a teen, the sheer sonic brutality of Slayer’s Reign in Blood or Death’s Leprosy gripped ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...