Since their 2010 debut Phantom Knights, Deathhammer have been consistently blasting out rippers, with Onward to the Pits ...

From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code ...

Mayhem is one of the most well-known and controversial bands in the black metal scene. Formed in Norway in 1984, the band played a huge role in shaping the early Norwegian black metal movement ...

Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth used to be pen-pals with late Norwegian black metal mastermind Euronymous. Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, the Cradle singer reveals that he has “three ...

Mayhem Has the Wildest Story in Black Metal. Somehow, It’s Turning 40. The Norwegian band’s early years were punctuated by headlines about death and church burnings.

Norwegian black metal icons Mayhem apparently have 20 “skeletons” ready for their next album. Skeletons of songs, that is, not human skeletons. Actually, considering this is Mayhem we’re talking about ...

Ellie Smith for The New York Times The idea of melding heavy metal music and dancing on pointe was initially met with some confusion, Acosta said, including from Black Sabbath’s members.

Euronymous, Mayhem’s guitarist before he was stabbed to death in 1993 and the closest thing the Norwegian black metal scene had to a figurehead, wrote a letter to a fan claiming that “almost all ...

In 1993, at a time when the black metal scene was engulfed by violent infighting, black metal bassist Varg Vikernes stabbed Mayhem's singer-guitarist Oystein Aarseth to death.

Norway's black metal music first gained notoriety with murders and church burnings but has now earned its spot in the halls of culture with a new exhibit at Oslo's National Library.