Heavy metal has continued to thrive throughout 2015, and we’ve compiled ten of the most formidable tracks released thus far.

The Welsh heavy metal unit will release their new studio album ‘Venom’ later this August.

The band have announced that they recently wrapped up the writing process for their anticipated follow-up to 2013’s ‘Temper Temper,’ and have entered the studio with producer Colin Richardson (Carcass, Fear Factory, Machine Head).

Slipknot have released new details surrounding their upcoming coast-to-coast summer headlining tour.

As memorable as each of the opening acts were, everyone was left even more ecstatic than before when it came time for the main event to begin. Alice Cooper walks out to the front of the stage, and is greeted with an explosion of raining pyrotechnics which fall before him. “Hello! Hooray!” Alice exclaims to the audience, as he begins to tear into the ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ classic.