There's always been a dichotomy to heavy metal. While the music is supposed to be hard and fast and primal enough for beer-drinking dudes in parking lots to understand, it's often technical and ponderous -- progressive, as they say.
Episode 10 of Vh1's 'Metal Evolution' series focuses on progressive metal, and in our exclusive sneak peek, founding King Crimson drummer Michael Giles talks about whe
Progressive rock insiders have tipped Albert Rigoni as one of the most exciting up-and-coming players on the scene today. The Italian bassist spends most of his time in TwinSpirits, a thrilling tech-metal outfit. On May 24th, Rigoni will be unleashing 'Rebirth,' his second solo album...
Canada's the Great Sabatini blend sludge and grindcore into an angry, blazing ball of rocking metal, with the roaring noise worship of Today Is the Day and Unsane. They claim influence from '70s bands like Black Sabbath, King Crimson and Captain Beyond...
Holy Maynard! Could it be true? Tool, who MetalSucks so appropriately called "the past, present and future best band on the planet," are writing material for a new record, working three days a week on new tunes while frontman Maynard James Keenan continues touring the U...
The days of that Cinderella dream of getting signed to a large label with little work and only a few shows under the belt are long gone -- unless of course the band is very pretty -- very pretty -- and someone's dad knows somebody. The name of the game now for any new band is building the fan base...
The four guys in Cape Fear, N.C.-based extreme prog metal band Gollum are well aware that most people know their name because of the creepy, bony character in director Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' films, and they're kind of miffed about it...
Perhaps it's because they base themselves out of the relatively low-key music scene of Madison, Wisc., but Droids Attack don't seem too concerned with adhering to any sort of standard that their more famous peers may have established. While their music is seriously crushing, as demonstrated on their new album 'Must Destroy,' they don't take themselves all too seriously -- evidenced be their droid
Ian Christe is a heavy metal renaissance man. Not only has he written for everyone from Spin to Metal Maniacs, he's also released music as Dark Noerd and in 2007 he launched his own book publishing house called Bazillion Points. Since then he released Daniel Ekeroth's 'Swedish Death Metal,' the unofficial bible for the beloved scene...