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 ...

It’s just a small city!” laughs In Flames frontman Anders Fridén as he reflects on the place that birthed his band. “There ...

Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

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Here's 35 instances of rock and metal bands that share their name with the song of another band. Discovering the origin of your favorite rock or metal band's name can be as easy as looking into their ...

When it comes to fantastic guitar moments, heavy metal music certainly come to mind. It doesn't get much better than the ...

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If you look at your favorite metal band’s list of influences, you’re probably going to see Black Sabbath somewhere in the mix. They were one of the first truly heavy bands and inspired countless ...

The best European metal bands are a key component in the genre’s history and evolution. It is impossible to understand what metal is without these groups’ contributions. Whether it’s their success, ...

When they first stepped onto the rock scene in the early 1970s, few would probably guess KISS would still be rocking today–50 years later. An eye-grabbing group with their painted faces and flamboyant ...

As Jack Black has eloquently stated, "You can't kill the metal; the metal will live on." Since its inception in the late-'60s/early-'70s, metal has grown and branched out into dozens of subgenres, ...

It’s a new year, and that part of the new year where we are past those best-of-previous-year album lists. Now that the dust and recency bias has at least somewhat settled, we can look ahead to the ...