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 ...

Why do metal fans forgive weak albums from legendary bands while judging newcomers so harshly? Loyalty, nostalgia, identity, ...

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’ ...

You might not know these rock and metal bands, but you should by the end of 2026. From hard rock to hardcore, nearly every subgenre of rock and metal is seeing a surge of new acts that deserve to be ...

Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

Is Led Zeppelin a heavy metal band? Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham influenced heavy metal music when Page continued the heavy blues he’d begun with The Yardbirds. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Judas Priest, Opeth, Trivium and Napalm Death onstage. When you're at work, you very rarely hear about people sticking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Slipknot, Ghost, Sleep Token and Lordi onstage. Masks are nothing new in music. As far back as the Ancient Greeks, ...

Here are 11 of the best love songs by some of the biggest bands in heavy metal. Metal bands aren't always known for their ability to be touchy feely, but on more than one occasion, heavy metal has ...

Heavy metal fans complain that the genre is dying, but nostalgia, gatekeeping, and resistance to new bands may be helping ...

Blue Cheer’s version of ‘Summertime Blues’ reached number 14 in 1968, making it the first-ever heavy metal song to reach the ...