Animals as Leaders

Loudwire's 'Best of the Month' playlist is back with new picks for September.

Djance?

Required listening for diehards and newcomers alike.

Those air riffs come from somewhere.

Veil of Maya and Royal Coda are on the bill too.

Forget everything you know.

Members of Sworn Enemy and Animals as Leaders are also taking part.

Plus news on a solo effort from 10 Years' Brian Vodinh, new music from From Ashes to New, Pennywise, TesseracT and Smile Empty Soul and more in Wire-to-Wire.

A number of rock and metal's finest axemen battle it out for Best Guitarist in the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards.

Find out where you can catch the two titans of prog-metal.