When a metalhead moves into parenthood, a whole new world of challenges is unveiled, as with any new parent. Likely not the first on your mind is what music you can play for them. You presumably don’t want them growing up a wuss, listening to pop music. You want them to ROCK!

Sure, the lullabye renditions of metal albums may have some novelty value, as do other kinds of kid-friendly “covers”, but they don’t ROCK.

Cannibal Corpse and Slayer might be a little much for babies or toddlers, however. In fact, the biggest challenge to finding good metal to…

Metalunderground.com has landed the premiere of Charlotte, North Carolina tech death metal band Wretched's new music video for "Cimmerian Shamballa." The song is off the band's latest release "Beyond The Gate," which is out now via Victory Records. The music video, directed by Thorin Thompson, was filmed in downtown Charlotte, NC in an old warehouse in just four hours. Check it out on Metal Underground.com.

Metalunderground.com is proud to present the premiere of ILL NINO's latest music video for “Against The Wall,” the first video from their new album “Dead New World,” which was released on October 25th via Victory Records. The music video was directed by Scott Hansen, who has worked with bands such as A Day To Remember, The Devil Wears Prada, Otep, Alesana, and Evergreen Terrace, and was shot in Virginia Beach, VA in October.

“The video was shot in the evening so there was a large amount of bugs. It was like Spider-fest,”…

Each week in "Unearthing the Metal Underground," we'll be putting a few quality underground bands in the spotlight in an attempt to get the word out about them. This week I am revisiting Vancouver, Canada’s underground metal scene. While last time we gave some of the city's death metal bands the spotlight, this time I'm taking a look at the city’s more experimental metal acts. There is no doubt that this west coast Canadian city is abundant in metal talent but beneath the piles of Death Metal and Hardcore/Metalcore acts lay a handful of exceptionally talented progressive and…

Each week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we’ll be putting a few quality underground bands in the spotlight in an attempt to get the word out about them. In the dawn of what some call “The New Wave of Asian Heavy Metal,” we have unearthed bands from countries such as South Korea, China, Sri Lanka, Singapore and India. This week, I will be showcasing metal’s biggest Asian supporters – Japan.

There is no doubt the metal scene is enormous in Japan. It is home to Tokyo’s Sigh and Chiba’s X-Japan, the latter of which pioneered the glam-rock movement…

God Dethroned is readying their latest album, "Under the Sign of the Iron Cross," for release next Tuesday, November 23rd in North America (November 19th/22nd in Europe). From now until the North American release, Metalunderground.com will be hosting the exclusive full album stream of "Under the Sign of the Iron Cross." Check it out at this location. The album marks the Dutch metal band's ninth album and was recorded at the Soundlodge Studios in Leer, Germany. It follows the band's 2009 release, "Passiondale" (reviewed here).

Sheffield, U.K. melodic metalcore band While She Sleeps is premiering the song "Hearts Aside Our Horses" exclusively on Metalunderground.com. The song is off the band's Good Fight Music debut, entitled "The North Stands For Nothing," which will be released on November 22, 2010. You can stream "Hearts Aside Our Horses" in the player below.

The band also released their first music video for the track "Crows" recently. The video was directed by Tom Welsh at Get Deluxe studios. From the construction of the set to the moving cameras, the majority of the video was DIY and assembled by the band.…

Each week in "Unearthing the Metal Underground," we shine a light on promising bands coming out of the darkness of the underground. Nashville, TN is the music business center of the United States, and isn’t without its fair share of shadows where bands outside of the mainstream get their start.

This week we feature the best classic speed/thrash metal band you’ve never heard of – Nashville’s “Intruder,” whose roots date back to 1984. We also have a classic metal band by the name of “Oblivion Myth,” and a female-fronted modern band known as, “Love’s Tragedy…

Metalunderground.com is proud to premiere the full album stream for Pennsylvania grunge/metal band 2 Sides 2 Die's latest album, "Fatal Flaw." After premiering a couple individual songs and making them available for download, you can now hear the full album in the player at this location, leading up to its live premiere at the band's CD release show on November 12th.

Metal has long been defined by a variety of regimented and easily recognizable genres, such as thrash, death, black, etc. Most bands bring in a few outside influences to keep the music fresh and prevent a total adherence to one particular idea, but there is now a rising tide of bands that ditch the idea of a single style altogether. Going by names such as “avant-garde” or “experimental” or “post-any genre you’d like,” they may start with a base that is familiar, but their overall sound is far too fluid to stick to…