Heavy Metal
Everything published on Viyolens under Heavy Metal — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
The Complete Guide to Tool Vinyl Records
Discover how to collect Tool vinyl records: from original pressings to modern reissues. Learn about albums, valuations and building your progressive metal vinyl collection.
The Complete Guide to Guitars For Heavy Metal
Guitars for heavy metal demand humbucking pickups, solid construction, and aggressive tone. Discover what separates metal guitars from other instruments.
Essential Heavy Metal Albums Explained
Metal Hammer: What You Need to Know
One of the UK's longest-running specialist music titles has survived more than one near-death experience. Here's what it actually is, and where it came from.
The Complete Guide to Metal Music New Releases
Metal music new releases span traditional heavy metal to extreme subgenres, each offering distinct sounds and innovations. Stay current with evolving metal landscapes through streaming, specialist sit...
A Beginner's Guide to Speed Metal
Speed metal combines extreme technical skill with heavy metal melody. Discover the genre's history, its demands on musicians and why it remains influential across metal subgenres.
The Best Sludge Metal Songs Right Now
These six tracks cover the breadth of the genre: Eyehategod's hostility, Crowbar's weight, the Melvins' structural invention, Acid Bath's range, Neurosis's dynamics and Grief's desolation.
Hard Rock Subgenres, Explained
Hard rock has never been a single thing — here's a clear map of its major branches, from heavy metal and glam to grunge and post-grunge.
The History of Heavy Metal
Baritone Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Choosing a baritone guitar isn't like buying a standard electric. This guide walks you through scale, tuning, hardware, and budget to find the right one for heavy tone.
The History of Deathcore
Deathcore didn't arrive fully formed — it was built over a decade from death metal and hardcore traditions by bands working outside the mainstream and largely on their own terms.
High Gain Amp for Beginners: A Complete Guide
High-gain amplifiers power heavy metal and extreme rock. This beginner's guide explains what high-gain means, which amps forgive beginner mistakes, and how to find a heavy amp that teaches you proper...
The History of Metalcore
There's no single inventor and no agreed founding record. Here's how metalcore actually came together, scene by scene, from the late 1980s to today.
A Beginner's Guide to Heavy Metal
Sludge Metal for Newcomers: Where to Start
Sludge metal rewards patience but can repel unprepared listeners. This guide explains what to expect, which records to start with and how to build up through the canon in the right order.
The Complete Guide to Gothic Metal
Gothic metal fuses the power of heavy metal with the melancholic beauty of gothic aesthetics. Symphonic, introspective, and theatrical, gothic metal invites listeners into a world of shadow and emotio...
Heavy Metal Subgenres, Explained
The Best Heavy Metal Songs Right Now
The Best Heavy Metal Artists to Know
The Best Baritone Guitars for the Money
The best baritone guitar for you depends on your music style and budget. Here's how the top models stack up across price tiers.
A Beginner's Guide to Metalcore
Metalcore can look intimidating from the outside, but the sound is built from a small, learnable set of ingredients. Here's what they are and how they fit together.
The Complete Guide to Power Metal
Power metal combines technical mastery with emotional sincerity and fantasy storytelling. This guide covers the genre's history, styles, and essential listening.
Heavy Metal for Newcomers: Where to Start
A Beginner's Guide to Sludge Metal
Sludge metal combines doom's suffocating weight with hardcore punk aggression — slow, hostile and raw, with roots in the Melvins and the New Orleans scene of the early 1990s.
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Baritone Guitar
Baritone guitars offer a deeper tuning range, longer scale and powerful low-end tone for specialist rhythm and lead work...
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Deathcore
Deathcore fuses death metal brutality with breakdown-heavy metalcore for a fast, technical and crushing sound.
Hard Rock
Hard rock delivers loud riffs, strong drums and big choruses for powerful live and studio rock.
Heavy Metal
Heavy metal combines powerful riffs, heavy drums and dramatic vocals for a loud, precise rock sound.
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Metal Hammer
News, interviews and reviews for heavy music fans, covering metal releases, live shows and the wider scene.
Metalcore
A heavy hybrid of metal and hardcore with breakdowns, sharp riffs and intense vocals.
Sludge Metal
A heavy, distorted metal style mixing doom weight with hardcore aggression and a raw, crushing live sound.
Speed Metal
Fast, aggressive metal built on high tempo riffs, tight precision and relentless drive.
