Basic gym bros will tell you that trap or "old-school Eminem" is the best music to listen to you when you work out. That's fine. A good beat can push you through a tough workout. But nothing seizes ...

Here are the 25 best metal songs of the last 25 years. It has been a wild ride since 2000 dawned a new age for metal with an explosion of subgenres and hybridization that still the driving force ...

Here are the 67 best rock and metal songs of 2024! While 67 songs feels like quite a generous crop, these standouts represent just a small, small percentage of the thousands of new tracks released ...

Heavy metal has a rich history, filled to the brim with quality albums that have been delighting the headbanging masses of Planet Earth for decades. These are heavy metal albums that are ...

Slipknot reveals new music update.

Let's rip off the Band-Aid: This is the final Black Market. After 11-plus years and 140 columns, we're finally packing it in. "Welcome to the Black Market, a new space at Stereogum dedicated to ...

A surprising confession from Metallica’s 80s metal icon.

Heavy metal’s origins began in the late 1960s, though it didn’t begin to really kick off until the 1980s. An extension and evolution of rock and roll, heavy metal was influenced by quite a few ...

The year is ending. Goodbye, 2025. But before we turn all our attention and good intentions to 2026, we’re looking back on the past twelve months of Colorado metal music and sharing the ten best ...