Trad Metal

Suit up for a thrashing from Chile speed dealers Armoured Knight on their Dying Victims debut, The Quest For the Sacred Melody.

German trad metal bashers Firmament spin their classy tales of power and glory on second full-length For Centuries Alive.

Hear German doomy occult rockers Angel of Damnation speak of the devil on new full-length Ethereal Blasphemy.

Hear Swedish occult rock combo Skräcken spin their mystical, ’70s-influenced tales from the darkside on their debut full-length Echoes From the Void.

We can’t stop Raven about the new track, “Chasing the Dragon,” from Florida power metal outfit Helms Deep, featuring bassist John Gallagher.

Hear Texas trad metal warriors Mean Mistreater lay some rubber on their high-horsepower second full-length, Do or Die.

Hear Florida power metal quartet Seven Kingdoms play outside the box on new EP The Square.

Lucifer’s Hammer play heavy metal with style on their new album.

Metallum be damned! Take a trip to middle earth with Gothenburg rockers Riders of Rohan.

Spanish speed metal bandoleros Iron Curtain are getting loose-n-lethal on new full length Savage Dawn.

Holy harmonies, Batman! Bay Area trad metal trio Hands of Goro unleash a flurry of axe acrobatics on new single “Uncanny.”

Hear Indiana father-son trad metal duo Wizard Death slay some dragons with help from Witch Mountain members Kayla Dixon and Rob Wrong on their new Wise Blood EP, I Am the Night.

Cypriot heavy metal warlords Solitary Sabred charge into battle with an early premiere of Temple of the Serpent.

This full album stream from old-school metal disciples Speedwhore proves they’re in no rush to leave 1985.

Hear German newcomers Firmament continue the New Wave of British Heavy Metal’s seemingly eternal legacy on We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall.

Mexican NWOTHM quartet Freeroad feel the noize on their old-school debut, ‘Do What You Feel!’

Doom metal bards Lord Mountain rattle the highest peaks with the crushing and catchy title-track from their debut LP, The Oath.

Hear Canadian trad metal quartet Metalian go balls to the wall on their fifth album.

Holy Grail vocalist James-Paul Luna brings his skyscraping range and luscious locks to his new band, Intranced.

Watch former Absu guitarist, Melissa Moore, fronting her new trad metal power trio Sonja.

Hear Razör Förge and Chaoshorde get medieval on their new Vicious Witch Records split.

Hear Seattle’s Dark Meditation invoke the spirits of black metal’s past with their gothic trad metal.

Swedish power trio Nekromant unveil a rambunctious third album with nods to the trad metal greats—from Thin Lizzy to Maiden to Priest.

Philly trad metallers Morgul Blade bring a healthy dose of old-school black metal on debut full-length. Raise “The Morgul Blade” only on Decibel!

Revisiting Axewitch’s 1984 album Visions of the Past.

Malison are reborn on their sophomore album, Death’s Embrace.

Looking back on Torch‘s 1984 album Electrikiss, outrageous cover and all.

Wish upon a Blood Star and bask in the light of a new white-hot trad metal project from Visigoth guitarist Jamison Palmer. Listen to The Fear now.

Natur‘s “Afternoon Nightmare is a a rip-roaring good time for fans of glorious no-nonsense heavy metal: riffs, solos, the whole 666 yards.

No tricks here! Stream the new album from Trevor William Church’s Hysteria!