An artist’s views are best expressed through their own hand, and creative individuals often don’t play well with others. Just as the horror novelist doesn’t need assistance to write a book full of ...

Sigh, Sabbat, Abigail, Gallhammer — you’ve heard those names time and time again. They set the stage for Japanese black metal, and are forever etched in the history books of extreme music. But what ...

Key Takeaway: BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii metal band that fuses J-pop melodies with heavy metal, created in 2010 as a sub-unit of idol group Sakura Gakuin. Currently consisting of SU-METAL and ...

For years, the self-described "post-black metal" band Asunojokei have been kicking out searingly intense yet accessible and anthemic music from their Tokyo home base. Today they have a whole new album ...