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In the world of true Heavy Metal, where one is left to rely solely on word-of-mouth, album reviews on the internet have become an essential part of life for the metal fan. This is one man's take of who produces the best and most consistent reviews, and who does the worst.

Do you have a heavy metal fan on your Christmas list but don't know what to get them? Well worry no more because I have the top 10 metal albums of the year to help with your search.

Teen-aged boys, particularly, are often desperate for anything that gets them in touch with themselves, makes them feel powerful when they typically feel powerless, and allows them to escape for a while. Heavy metal music has provided all these things, for many of them.

An examination of heavy metal subculture, its activities, and symbols as they relate to religion in an anthropological context

Here is a list of some of the best heavy/metal/hardcore bands out there today. Check them out at myspace.com and enjoy the brutal beats! Look out for Part 2 of my list.

Let me make one thing clear, the point of this article isn't to name necessarily my favorite albums but the most influential albums that contributed largely to what heavy metal has become today.

Most people thought Heavy Metal died after Metallica released the Black Album. Metal fans know different. Check out this list of the top ten classic, essential, heavy metal albums released since 2000.

I'm tired of my favorite musical genre being misrepresented on national television.

God Dethroned's new album, "The Toxic Touch," is one of its best yet, demonstrating early influences from thrash and '80s metal.

I admit I am no In Flames expert. I was introduced to the Swedish, melodic death metal unit not too long ago when a member of another site sent me a handful of songs spanning from different albums.

The face of heavy metal music has changed considerably in the past decade. But, what's the difference?

A list of the top ten heavy metal albums of all time, and explanations of what made them so gosh danged great.

I wouldn't call this a definitive list of the best metal videos of all time. It's more of a heads up to metalheads (no pun intended) to check out a few promo clips from bands that aren't in the spotlight.

A look at the turbulent past and constant ideology shifts of extreme heavy metal music.

The legendary Thrash Metal band Sepultura rises to the occasion, and releases one of the best metal records of 2006. Too bad it doesn't get the attention it deserves.

In the midst of church burnings, satan worship and killings in the Scandinavian Black Metal scene, a one-man band created a formidable, wildly different, and intensely personal album that changed the face of heavy metal forever.

I am death metal. I eat death metal, I drink death metal, I type death metal, I drywall death metal...you get the idea. In my opinion, it's the most underrated genre of music on the planet.

Virtually every amateur heavy metal guitarist playing today will cite Dimebag Darrell as an influence and for good reason. Not only was he very talented but, his playing was just flat out fun to listen to.

This article attempts to improve general public opinions of the often undervalued death metal genre.

Review of Bloodbath's album Nightmares Made Flesh

Here is a list of some of the best heavy/metal/hardcore bands out there today. Check them out at myspace.com and enjoy the brutal beats! Look out for Part 1 of my list.

The top 5 hottest women of heavy metal provide not only physical beauty but a passion, talent and, dedication to the heavy metal that we all know and love.

A beginner's guide for delivering brutal death vocals without shredding your vocal chords to pieces. Consider it career advice.

A look at the preposterous nature of modern death metal, its reliance on imagery, and its lack of substantive music.

Heavy Metal music, after being submerged for several years beneath the explosion of punk rock, found new life in England in the late '70's and early '80's and spawned a subsequent burst of popularity in America.

When Heavy Metal music first reached the masses, it was like nothing they'd heard before. The seeds had been sown years earlier, but what band more than any other provided the catalyst for transforming the hard rock of the past into the metal of the future?

Although lead has officially been detected in several major brands of lipstick, there are several natural brands that have no toxins for luscious lips without the heavy metal.

When some people think heavy metal, a vision of satanic imagery and goat sacrifice may come to mind. While we metal fans know that really only less than 1% of heavy metal bands are truly satanic, the genre seems to get a bad rap.

Meet Bob Halligan of Syracuse, N.Y. He has written songs for Cher, Michael Bolton, Judas Priest and other havey metal bands.

If you are looking for the ultimate in Metal music then look no further than these fine releases...

Review of metal band Six Feet Under's album 13.

Unlike other genres, where the newest and best bands get radio play, the greatest metal bands get overlooked all too often. These are five of the consistently best bands in metal today.

Music journalist and heavy metal expert Martin Popoff revisits classic proto-metal albums from Mountain, Cactus, Uriah Heep, Blue Cheer, the MC5, Bloodrock, Humble Pie and others.

Look beyond the stigma associated with it and see it for its music.

With their 10th studio album, Clutch successfully fuses blues and heavy metal to a magnificent end....

The following is a list of metal songs that are unique and have inspired the ever growing scene that continues to change. From the earliest days of Metallica to the uprising new metalcore sound of today, a list of truly heavy metal.

In the late 90's, the state of heavy metal was one of concern. The airwaves were entrammelled with bland nu-metal, a subgenre that...

For those of you who love death metal music this is the article to read. It is an interview with the guitarist from a popular California band.

This is a review of the Angra - Aurora Consurgens album. Angra is a metal act that has been around since 1991, and this is their new album.

Although Avenged Sevenfold might sound a bit like an 80s hair metal band, their music can still be appreciated for what is new about it.

My Bitter End is a progressive death metal band

Studies show that sixteen out of eighteen children with autism have extremely high levels of heavy metal toxins in their bodies.

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is the documentry of two journalist and their trip to Baghdad to meet the members of the only heavy metal band in Iraq.

A review of the 1981 animated anthology horror film Heavy Metal.

Understanding the hard to understand music... Death Metal.

This band may appear to be your regular heavy metal band but there are underlying tones in the lyrics of the bands Christianity.

A look at the 2000 animated feature length film Heavy Metal 2000

This list was compiled from personal history and the observations of a true Heavy metal fan.