southern metal

Here are 10 bands reminding the world that the American south is a hotbed of riffs, grooves, and darkness.

Though they’ve left their Southern Baptist traditions behind, Alabama’s Gideon will always love the south.

On the 27th anniversary of its release, we look at how the groove and grit of Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power cemented America’s heavy metal identity.

Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, Weedeater, and Mothership filled Portland, Oregon’s Hawthorne Theater with southern riffs, beard sweat, and good times.