How did heavy metal — or just metal, as it's colloquially called — become the term that identifies the outgrowth of rock music that's more powerful and aggressive, with distorted guitars, thunderous ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

As Music City, Nashville is home to all genres. Even "stoner witch metal bands." Yes, you read that right. Here are 7 groups ...

Heavy metal, goth, punk, and all kinds of "aggressive" music have long been a widely misunderstood art form. Critics, pastors ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...

He's become one of the most acclaimed guitarists today of heavy metal — and bluegrass. John Lowery, performing under the stage name John 5, has played with Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and David Lee ...

For whatever reason, nu-metal is a pretty polarizing subgenre of heavy music. Though we have a pretty good general idea of which bands fall into the category, the lines are a bit more blurred when it ...

"The Beatles" and "heavy metal" aren't typically phrases that go together, but John Lennon made an interesting case for this ...

Dear future rock stars, let Black Sabbath, Motörhead, and Iron Maiden help guide you toward your heavy metal dreams.

Jeremy Swist, a lecturer in the classical studies department, has combined two of his longstanding interests by resarching heavy metal music’s frequent use of the symbols and leaders of the ancient ...