Around beginning of the 21st Century, there was a wave of new hard rock and metal acts arriving on the scene, most of whom got lumped into the what was being dubbed "nu metal" at the time. In the ...

The long, intertwined roots of one of the world’s most successful independent metal labels can be traced back to a dorm room in a military boarding school two decades ago. Ash Avildsen, the future ...

There are many underground labels doing incredible work. Here are five (well, technically six) labels that stand out! Back in June, fellow Metal Injection writer, Matt Bacon, compiled a list of five ...

Moonspell. Satyricon. Kamelot. Sirenia. These are the kinds of bands we expect to see on Napalm Records, the long-standing independent Austrian metal label. Coal Chamber. American Head Charge. Cold.

Bandcamp is easily the best download and streaming platform available to bands. It has everything a record label could ever want, too: the ability to offer streams and/or downloads, customizable ...

Though it may not yet be on every thrasher’s list, eOne Heavy is driving the metal scene – behind the scenes. Ever since the genre became less about epic rock stardom and more about creating ...

Earlier this year, Gilead Media put out Thou's Umbilical. The metal label was also behind LPs by Krallice, Mutilation Rites, and more bands since its conception in 2005. Today, they announced a ...