One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

A heavy metal fan’s way of seeing the world stems from a mix of skepticism, intensity, and brutal honesty. It’s not about denying the darkness, but about facing it head-on, transforming it into ...

The timing was perfect. After all, a new Ghost album means the unveiling of a new Papa — and Forge took the opportunity to design a mask that was significantly more wearable. The public was introduced ...

Ranking albums is dumb… We all know this. Art isn’t a competition. I can’t really distinguish between my 13th favorite album and my 15th favorite. This is all talk. None of it really matters. Of ...

Carla Harvey talks new band The Violent Hour, marriage to Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, and Kiss' Gene Simmons officiating ...

In a way, it was those circumstances that led me to create the character of Taichu ,” she adds. She was born Tais López Miranda, the daughter of an actor and a flamenco dancer, but used her childhood ...

It's been quite a year for rock and Metal, with some monumental events and some smaller ones that all managed to shake the ...

Fusing ‘90s dance with pop poetry, Antony Szmierek is a top choice for the thinking raver. Debut album Service Station at the ...

Let’s get the embarrassing part out of the way first. Last January, hungover and hopeful, I made the same promise I make every year: I am going to become ...

This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

UCR’s list of Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025 shows that classic rock is still bucking trends. There are a trio of duets, including ...

This last column of the year propitiously comes out right around Christmastime, which gives me an opportunity to say happy ...