Slipknot. Ghost. Sleep Token. It's obvious that metal fans love a good mystery, even more when its wrapped in a metal-friendly package. But no band in the (contemporary) metal pantheon can compare to ...

When was the last time a band rocketed up the heavy metal ranks as quickly as Sleep Token? In January 2023 – not even four years after their debut album – they became our genre’s biggest breakout ...

The masked and mysterious British band certainly has a flair for the theatrics of heavy metal. And they undoubtedly have songs that are alt-metal or progressive metal, if not nearly djent in their ...

The discourse. It’s a nightmare, but I suppose there is a price for success. I’ve been in the heavy music scene long enough to witness the primordial awakenings of metalcore in the mid-'90s in New ...