Metal

Music

India’s young metal scene is furiously raging against a corrupt government

We speak to members of the underground subculture making anti-capitalist music fuelled by discontent.
Jak Hutchcraft
7.28.20
Music

Slipknot’s Jim Root: "I think about quitting the band every day"

The guitarist of Rihanna’s favourite band muses on UFOs, grief and whether Billie Eilish is the biggest rockstar in 2020.
Frankie Dunn
2.12.20
Fashion

exclusive: the new samizdat collection by designer yang li

We spoke to the designer about his industrial metal inspirations and why the label is like a fictional band.
Clementine de Pressigny
1.28.19
Music

10 things you need to know about dana dentata

Ruling over the perfect intersection between metal and hip-hop, this stripper-turned-rapper is one to watch.
Roisin Lanigan
10.17.18
Music

code orange are challenging everything you think you know about heavy music

Leading a “new reality” of metal and hardcore, the Pittsburgh crew’s Reba Meyers discusses her upbringing in heavy music, and its place in popular culture.
Tom Connick
11.29.17
Music

alien weaponry aren’t your average teenage thrash metal band

About to blow up all over your ears, Alien Weaponry are a thrash metal band with a difference: they sing in Maori. After winning several songwriting contests in their native New Zealand, we meet the trio.
Jodi Bartle
9.11.17
Punk

introducing serwah attafuah

DISPOSSESSED’s guitarist on using punk to champion Indigenous, queer and black voices.
Triana Hernandez
2.2.17
Music

discover south africa’s disruptive, inspiring black punk scene

'We are using our talents to send new messages as to how we feel. Pay attention to what the young people are doing,' says one Soweto local in the short documentary 'Black Black Metal.'
Hannah Ongley
10.6.16
Culture

death archives: documenting the early years of norwegian black metal

We talk to bassist Jørn "Necrobutcher” Stubberud about writing the manual on Mayhem — the most influential Black Metal band in the world.
Matthew Whitehouse
8.12.16
Music

dave grohl steps in for teen metal band following noise complaints

After a band of British teenagers battled with their local government, the former Nirvana drummer penned a moving letter to the council explaining why their right to rock is important for fostering creativity and self expression.
Emily Manning
3.24.16
Metal

inside vietnam’s insane underground metal scene

Photographer Neil Massey has documented the wild, youth-fueled world of heavy metal in Vietnam.
Lula Ososki
11.17.15
Metal

ten years with the metal heads

Photographer Sanna Charles spent ten years on the road documenting the hardcore fans of Slayer, for a new photobook for Ditto Press, God Listens To Slayer.
Felix Petty
4.26.15
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