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5 BANDS YOU CAN'T MISS AT LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026
5 BANDS YOU CAN'T MISS AT LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026
5 BANDS YOU CAN'T MISS AT LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026 Louder Than Life returns to Louisville's Highland Festival Grounds September 17–20 with the biggest bill in the festival's history —... Read more...
IRON MAIDEN SELL HALF THEIR CATALOG, NAME, AND LIKENESS RIGHTS
IRON MAIDEN SELL HALF THEIR CATALOG, NAME, AND LIKENESS RIGHTS
Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images Iron Maiden have sold half of their music to the company behind ABBA Voyage. Pophouse Entertainment, the Swedish firm co-founded by ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and... Read more...
READER POLL: THE BEST 3-ALBUM RUN IN METAL
READER POLL: THE BEST 3-ALBUM RUN IN METAL
Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage We asked Metal Edge readers a simple question with a cruel catch: which band strung together the best three albums in a row? Most legendary catalogs run... Read more...
JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM
Jesse Leach

JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM

Photo: Dimitry Mak When we asked Jesse Leach to put together a top five for Metal Edge, the Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace frontman went digging into the heavy,...
5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL
Gojira

5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL

Inkcarceration returns to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 17–19. Here are the five sets we’re planting our feet for. Limp Bizkit — Sunday, July 19    Limp...
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR
at the gates

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR

The first half of 2026 has been a relentless run for heavy music, from final statements and long-awaited returns to bands twenty years deep sounding hungrier than ever. These are...
JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM
Jesse Leach

JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM

Photo: Dimitry Mak When we asked Jesse Leach to put together a top five for Metal Edge, the Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace frontman went digging into the heavy,...
5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL
Gojira

5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL

Inkcarceration returns to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 17–19. Here are the five sets we’re planting our feet for. Limp Bizkit — Sunday, July 19    Limp...
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR
at the gates

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR

The first half of 2026 has been a relentless run for heavy music, from final statements and long-awaited returns to bands twenty years deep sounding hungrier than ever. These are...
JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM
Jesse Leach

JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM

Photo: Dimitry Mak When we asked Jesse Leach to put together a top five for Metal Edge, the Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace frontman went digging into the heavy,...
5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL
Gojira

5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL

Inkcarceration returns to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 17–19. Here are the five sets we’re planting our feet for. Limp Bizkit — Sunday, July 19    Limp...
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR
at the gates

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR

The first half of 2026 has been a relentless run for heavy music, from final statements and long-awaited returns to bands twenty years deep sounding hungrier than ever. These are...
JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM
Jesse Leach

JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM

Photo: Dimitry Mak When we asked Jesse Leach to put together a top five for Metal Edge, the Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace frontman went digging into the heavy,...
5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL
Gojira

5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL

Inkcarceration returns to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 17–19. Here are the five sets we’re planting our feet for. Limp Bizkit — Sunday, July 19    Limp...
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR
at the gates

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR

The first half of 2026 has been a relentless run for heavy music, from final statements and long-awaited returns to bands twenty years deep sounding hungrier than ever. These are...