LatestPitchforkJul 19, 2026
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Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible.
Genre
Metal
Metal on LoudQuietLoud: about 20 artists, including Ghost, Opeth and Amorphis. It runs alongside melodic death metal, death metal and sludge metal.
Ghost
1.7M listenersheavy metal · psychedelic rock · doom metal
Opeth
1.2M listenersprogressive metal · progressive death metal · death metal
Amorphis
563K listenersprogressive metal · melodic death metal · death metal
Hypocrisy
338K listenersdeath metal · melodic death metal · swedish
Terror
308K listenershardcore · metalcore · hardcore punk
Anal Cunt
177K listenersgrindcore · noisecore · noisegrind
The Red Chord
151K listenersdeathcore · grindcore · death metal
Queen Adreena
104K listenersalternative rock · female vocalists · alternative
Backtrack
97K listenershardcore · nyhc · hardcore punk
Battle of Mice
73K listenerspost-metal · sludge · post-rock
Sumac
62K listenerssludge · post-metal · sludge metal
A Storm of Light
50K listenerspost-metal · sludge · doom metal
Frequency
46K listenersmelodic death metal · heavy metal · power metal
The Fucking Champs
39K listenersinstrumental · math rock · metal
Bewitched
37K listenersblack metal · thrash metal · blackened thrash metal
Zig Zags
27K listenersgarage rock · stoner rock · rock
Ola Englund
24K listenersprogressive metal · progressive rock · sweden
Spent
21K listenersindie rock · hard rock · indie
Shitstorm
15K listenersgrindcore · powerviolence · fastcore
Windmills by the Ocean
12K listenerspost-metal · post-rock · sludge
Power
10K listenershardcore · power metal · thrash metal
savage lands
4K listenersgroove metal · metal · thrash metal
Jeff Hughell
2K listenersinstrumental · technical death metal · bass virtuoso
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