While being recognized as a pioneer in a genre of music is no small feat, Corrosion of Conformity have managed to deserve this distinction twice in...

In terms of music that sounds absolutely hateful, sludge metal is the scene you can always count on to keep pushing the envelope. Whether...

In 2011, Nails created what I'm entirely secure in calling a perfect hardcore album. Unsilent Death was swift, loud, breakneck, merciless, well-paced, instantly memorable, and...

I love sludge metal simply because there's so many different ways you can pull it off. There's the angular dissonance of an act like Ramesses,...

The best albums to come out of sludge metal have always sounded dangerous. It's always far too easy to mask a lack of ideas...

If you call yourself a fan of doom metal and haven't yet experienced the plodding, depressive jams of scene forefathers Saint Vitus, there's something seriously wrong...

God, what an awesome band name. If I were to ever start a band, Love Sex Machine would definitely be on the shortlist of badass...

Despite encapsulating the definition of "acquired taste" in music, the Melvins have had a rich and extremely influential career like few other acts in...

It's great when a metal record is able to downright scare you, isn't it? All of black metal's earnest devil-worship can be fun in...