Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

The best songs of the week include new tracks from Drug Church, Miss Grit, Gouge Away, and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso.

But our overall winner for the week were black metal godfathers Venom, Lay Down Your Soul tapping into the primordial nastiness that helped spawn metal's most evil subgenre in the first place. This ...

Beloved nu metal band Papa Roach have revealed what they consider to be the essential nu metal songs. In a new video published via the California four-piece’s social media pages ...

What do you listen for in a great movie score? An iconic theme, perhaps, or a meaningful leitmotif that ties the film together. Maybe you want something innovative, compositions that make a film feel ...

No false modesty here ...

What is the best nu metal song ever? The guys from Papa Roach would like to have a word. In a newly posted video clip to their socials, all four members of the band weigh in on the question of what is ...

For over a decade, Lamb Of God had one of the most perfect discographies in metal this side of the millennium. Not only were they continually changing, experimenting and evolving, they were always ...

Although Metallica were always interested in the dark side of lyrics, some of the harshest horrors in music are the ones that felt real.

Jon Schaffer, best known as a founding member of the metal band Iced Earth and for his role on Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is returning to music.

Aftershock 2026 is bringing the best of rock, punk, and metal music in a four-day event in October. Find out the newly unveiled lineup of acts and how to get tickets.

Ranking the best albums of any genre is not easy, and metal might be particularly difficult. At least, BBC Music tried.