Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

2010 has been an eclectic year in heavy metal. None of the ten bands featured here sound alike, and more importantly, they stick out in heavy metal at a time when the genre is more crowded than ever before.

Sales figures are an elusive creature in the world of music: different trackers, different orders, and different sales amounts. Given enough research it is possible to come to a conclusion by adding the data together. What often adds to the confusion is the classification of musical genre, an element especially criticized by hardcore music fans worldwide. Michael Jackson might be the best selling artist of all time, but how dare his music be classified as pop when it’s actually RB? Nowhere is t