Artist of the Month

Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band founded in 1984 by guitarist Jeff Waters and vocalist John Bates. They are the highest-selling Canadian thrash metal group in history, having sold more than three million albums worldwide,…

Metal Nation's artist of this month for October is Portland’s thrash trio: Toxic Holocaust! For twenty years now, frontman and bassist Joel Grind has gone through the wringer.  Through several lineups and role changes,  Joel continued…

Jinjer has often been hailed as the Ukraine’s greatest metal export. Whether they are in fact the best band the country has gifted the metal world with is subjective, but they are certainly its most ambitious and dynamic. The Horlivka-based…

Founder and guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof took his first crack at creating Metal Church while residing in San Francisco back in 1980. Rumor has it that Lars Ulrich even tried out with the fledgling band before he moved to L.A. and formed…

The fact that Switzerland's Burning Witches is a mere three-years-old and his just barely releasing its sophomore record, speaks volumes about them being chosen as our Artist of the Month for November 2018. It's not just our opinion though,…

It seems almost unfathomable that nearly a half century after its birth Judas Priest is still as relevant and formidable as ever. Bassist Ian Hill remains the band’s stoic anchor. He and Al Atkins co-founded the band in 1970 after Atkins…