Trad Metal

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!

Canadian songwriter and recording veteran Ian Blurton shares another burner from his volcanic solo album Signals Through the Flame with trad metal delight “Seven Bells..”

Stream the new record from trad metal torchbearers Sanhedrin.

Hear a brand new song from American traditional heavy metal rising stars Haunt.

Matt Harvey goes for trad metal glory with Pounder.

Trad metal warriors Icarus Witch emerge triumphant with new song “Misfortune Teller.”

Runescarred make a triumphant entrance with the video for “This is Mine.”

Journey to a realm of myth and magic with Gatekeeper.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Skeletal Remains, Evil Hunter and Wrong.

Scottish heavy metal powerhouse King Witch discuss their new album, Under the Mountain.

Stream the new album from trad metal force Lechery now!

Audrey Horne‘s new song is an arena-ready hard rock/trad metal jam. Listen now!

Monolith Cult present readings from the Gospel of Despair.

Highrider are charged up on heavy metal and punk rock on new single “Batteries.”

Stream a new track from heavy metal power trio Sanhedrin now!

We caught up with Pounder’s Matt Harvey to talk about how his new trad metal project is really more similar to his extreme metal bands than you might think.

You probably didn’t hear traditional metal powerhouse Damien Black in 1992, so, here’s a second chance.