Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Killswitch Engage’s This Consequence debuts on six U.K. charts, ...

Some 25 years ago, two Massachusetts metal institutions got their first start. One was the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, which took over the Worcester Palladium for a weekend every year from ...

Maybe it’s because the current state of metalcore feels has drifted so much farther from metal (or ‘core, for that matter), but questioning the heavy metal pedigree of Killswitch Engage feels so ...