Metal

From crushing death metal to dulcet death-folk, we honor St. Patrick’s Day by looking at Ireland’s best up-and-coming rock, punk, and metal acts.

Sick of brunch shots and wellness quotes? Here are 12 metal musicians’ feeds that’ll have you banging your head and laughing your ass off.

Heavy metal and hip-hop are a match made in hell.

Once heard, never forgotten.

Brian Fair of Shadows Fall and Derek Kerswill of Unearth have a new band: and it kicks ass, as you can hear right here.

The NYC borough is a hotbed for some of the most important, cutting edge heavy metal in the country.

Metalheads – even more than any other kinds of music fans – find it especially important to let friends and strangers know what they’re into.

The metal band reveals the second single from their upcoming album, Devouring Radiant Light.

The Lion’s Daughter has a new album out this July…and it looks as scary as it sounds.

Rename it “hard rock”; abolish your spiky logo – metal will be here long after you’re done being self-conscious about it.

Photographer Angela Owens documents one heavy evening in Brooklyn, New York.

…As chosen by Karl Groeger Jr., co-owner of legendary record store Looney Tunes in West Babylon, New York.