That’s only a slight exaggeration. In the ‘90s, Gothenburg’s melodic death metal scene took a simple idea — death metal should sound more like Iron Maiden — and ran with it. At one point, it was ...

In an early scene of Until the Light Takes Usa new documentary about the rise of the enigmatic and infamous Scandinavian black metal scene during the last two decadesa pale, beatific man with tattooed ...

With three songwriters, five members, and a genre running the gamut of folk, progressive, and doom metal, Iowa City metal quintet Insanguine faces a lofty challenge in condensing influences into a ...

Johannes Eckerström, singer of Swedish melodic metal group Avatar, has explained why his home country has given the world so many heavy bands. “In Sweden, post-World War II, there’s this kind of […] ...

Why is Swedish metal so melodic? That's the question we propose in Ep. 13 on Loudwire's ongoing video series, "50 Years of Heavy Metal." Akerfeldt and the members of In Flames recall a nationally ...

Unleashed bassist/vocalist Johnny Hedlund is a cheerful, friendly guy who happens to play in one of the most ferocious and consistently powerful death-metal bands ever to emerge from Sweden. Since ...

When a cache of Iron Age metalwork emerged from Swedish soil, it did more than add a few glittering artifacts to museum shelves. The find forced archaeologists to rethink how power, trade, and ...

On the international heavy metal scene, it is well known Sweden is the place to be, when it comes to heavy metal music. Aside from bikini models and extravagant chocolate, heavy metal, in all its ...

The only band on this year’s list to have also been nominated last year, Wolfheart are producing quality albums at a pace that few bands can keep up with. “Breakwater,” off of their latest release, is ...

Now that you’ve watched our countdowns for the greatest U.S. and U.K. metal acts, Loudwire continues its world tour with the 10 Greatest Swedish Metal Bands! Sweden is one of the promised lands of ...

Watain, a Swedish metal band, announced it has temporarily parted ways with its guitarist after a picture circulated online showing the musician making the Nazi salute. The band’s frontman, Erik ...

As every metalhead knows, the Academy of Country Music Awards are not a highlight of the year. And despite all of the troubles that 2020 has presented thus far, it has not proven to be an exception in ...