Trad Metal

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!

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.”

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