The story of the West Memphis Three captured the attention of the metal world - and some of its biggest artists took action ...

Many of those fans, accustomed to overpromised and underdelivered pipe dreams, scanned a lineup that included new material from Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, De La Soul, Big L, Mobb Deep, and ...

An iconic rock band is sharing an unreleased song from 1974. Queen guitarist Brian May unveiled the band’s lost tune “Not for ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Here's the main thing you need to know about our ranked list of the 15 best diamond-selling hard rock and metal albums: They're all damn good. Are you surprised? History is littered with platinum ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Best friends since their teens, across their thirty-year career, Biffy Clyro have graduated from being a discordant alt-rock cult concern to platinum-plated UK festival headliners while retaining ...

Before Corey Taylor and before the nu metal takeover, Slipknot launched their career with a DIY release that put the Des ...