Why it's daunting: As with new romantic and new jack swing, there’s something lamely anachronistic about any musical genre that calls itself “new” yet no longer is. However, the New Wave Of British ...

Every toy company that ever gets DC Comics rights makes massive amounts of Batman. That’s just a rule. But only McFarlane Toys actually bases each one on a canonical comic version (well, with maybe ...

The introduction of metalcore was arguably the most important development within heavy music of the past 20 years. Today, when you hear double bass drums and melodic riffs over soaring clean vocals on ...

Right now, as a music journalist, all I hear about is death metal. What was once seen as extreme metal’s ultimate meat-and-potatoes genre has now become its most fertile, with a new wave of young, ...

Note: First wave black metal bands like Celtic Frost, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer, etc. were not included in this list, instead focusing on the next wave which ushered in the commonly accepted ...