Metalcore. Depending on your age, tastes and relationship with heavy music, that word could spark any number of reactions. For many, it means a generation of killer bands that soundtracked their youth ...

30 years after its invention and 20 after the likes of Killswitch Engage polished it for the mainstream, ‘metalcore’ is still a dirty word to the purists. However, that reputation is massively unfair ...

As the world launched into a new millennium during the 2000s, a more modern metal sound was quickly gaining popularity in the United States. Many bands embraced this evolution. Some in particular also ...