Since its inception in the early 1980s, black metal has been known for a few key – and at times, unsavory – characteristics ...

Here are the 11 best progressive death metal bands of all time! On paper, mixing prog rock and death metal might seem like mixing oil and water. Why? Because the former subgenre is largely known ...

Here’s the best song by 10 legendary prog metal bands! As with progressive rock, a great progressive metal song needs to include both top-notch instrumentation and top-notch songwriting.

Then, in the 1980s and into the 1990s, artists like Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, Savatage, and especially Dream Theater essentially melded those prog rock attributes with the fiercer attitudes of heavy ...

Metal detecting is a fun pastime, even when all you can find is a little bit of peace and a whole lot of pop tabs. [Huygens Optics] has a VLF-based metal detector that offers much more feedback ...

So often, progressive metal, even progressive death metal, can feel just a little clean. It’s not about distortion, but intent, like the musical wizards behind them are only about using their powers ...

This year's Pelagic Festival, the annual event highlighting the best of Pelagic Records' post-rock and prog metal bands, will this year be partnered by both Prog and Metal Hammer magazines.