Candlemass

Take it slow as we count down the best the doom metal world has to offer.

New voices = new eras.

Four bands will play classic albums in full.

You know about the 'Big 4' of thrash, but what about the other subgenres?

Listen to 'Nu Javlar!' and watch the music video.

See some of the Grammy fashion.

The Psycho festival has branched out with a Las Vegas addition, bringing a wealth of doom and grunge acts with its first announcement of bands.

By all rights, the early 1980s heavy metal craze should have been done by 1986, leaving behind only the neon scars, pink bandannas, and bootleg Quiet Riot T-shirts. Instead, an underground armada led by Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer reconfigured metal from the ground up, bringing bullet belts to the masses while injecting energy, integrity, and even some intelligence into its aggression... Read

Lava-spewing volcanoes look pretty damn cool on album covers, but the past week has taught us that volcanoes and metal don't always mix so well. As anyone who doesn't live in a torch-lit cave knows by now, an Icelandic volcano erupted April 15, spreading clouds of ash across much of Europe and grounding hundreds of planes...

Band: Candlemass Song: 'Bewitched' Album: 'Nightfall' Released: 1987 Download Candlemass Songs