Chamber pop, roots rock, neo-psych . . . needless to say, The Decemberists aren't merely one of indie's biggest stars; they also share styles with indie's greatest bands. Seemingly transmitted from a t …

Few bands have the sheer vocabulary and vision of The Decemberists; working with such a vast canvas, they've thoughtfully - no, gleefully - drawn from every shade of the sonic palette. If you thought M …

Home of the hardcore, the underground is where metal is at its most extreme. From the just-plain-scary sound of Venom giving rise to black metal to the grinding, pummeling grooves of Sepultura, we're k …

Quiet Riot prescribing "Metal Health" to the masses, Metallica selling finger-shredding solos by the pound, Pantera going huge while remaining brutal . . . You've just arrived at the crossroads where m …

Four decades on, metal is as vicious - and vital - as ever. So pick your poison: whether it's the heady hooks of Mastodon, the Southern-fried scorchers of Baroness, or the dizzying time changes of the  …

This isn't some dusty history lesson. It's the makings of metal as we know it today - the hellish howls, the ravaged riffs, from Ozzy to Dio, from the Big Four of thrash to the madmen behind the New Wa …