Known as the loudest band around, this group helped invent heavy metal as much as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin did, but ...

Who says headbanging can't pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...

Heavy metal will never die, and it’s evident by all of the OG bands from the genre’s heyday in the ‘80s that are still touring today. These are just a few powerhouse legends that are still rockin’ ...

Metal is usually a long game. Metallica took 10 years to become the biggest heavy band in the world, while such newer names as Gojira are only starting to fill arenas after more than two decades of ...

Budgie is the poster child for a list like this. The iconic Welsh rock band was heavy when few other bands were ready to get that heavy back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their very first album, ...

A heavy metal band is often defined by its vocalist. But does it have to be? I would argue, no. There’s no denying that a frontperson has a huge impact on a band’s distinctiveness. Metallica would be ...

William Shatner is ready to rage. Shatner, 95, will debut his new heavy metal band, The *uckers, at Chicago's Riot Fest on Sunday, Sept. 20. The band takes the Rebel Stage at Douglass Park between ...

Maiden are undoubtedly one of the most magnetic heavy-metal live acts of all time, the English vets still delivering ...

There is an obvious, almost frustrating divide happening in the music industry today. I have noticed this shift over the ...

Podcast host and comedian Maron asks Halford about metal's origins, to which the Metal God replies (transcript via Classic Rock, “Some say there was the great band called Blue Cheer, 'Summertime Blues ...

I don’t remember the first time I drank whiskey. I’d almost bet real money, however, that it happened while I was hanging out with my high school friend Justin, listening to heavy metal. (I’m not as ...