by Jordeana Bell | Jan 13, 2026 | New Music, Releases, Video
German rock/metal trio The Hirsch Effekt have never been especially interested in blunt-force emotionalism. Their music has always behaved more like a conversation you replay later, wondering why it felt heavier after the fact. Their new single, “Die Brücke,” leans...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 12, 2026 | New Music, Video
Fire From the Gods have shared a video for their latest single, “Human.” The track is nothing shy of a polite argument that escalates into a sermon you didn’t realize you needed until you were already nodding along. It’s heavy in the way modern metal understands...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 9, 2026 | Reviews
Hardcore has a branding problem that isn’t musical. Too many people talk about it like it’s supposed to grow out of itself, as if the genre is an asshole teenager who refuses to apply for college. But hardcore was never designed to become something else....
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 5, 2026 | Lists, Top 10
If I could end the year on something that resembled love, and not the aggressive, probationary version we tend to assign to bands whenever a lineup changes, it would require a confession that borders on the statistically irresponsible: an unreasonable amount of great...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 4, 2026 | Lists, Top 10
If you’d asked me at the end of 2024 what 2025 would bring for metal, I’d have drawn a neat little diagram: a few tours, a reunion no one needed, a legacy album. Reality? Metal showed up like a drunken uncle at a wedding, breaking every rule, mixing...