Inspired by horror movies and dark themes, legendary bands created a theatrically dark genre, Metal. Linda Diaz and Joey Hays chat with members of the legendary bands Gwar and Impaler to uncover how ...

Forty years ago, he stepped 'out of darkness and into the light.' ...

By Antoine Grand A comprehensive breakdown of Black Metal albums, examining the “true” history of Satanism in the genre and featuring 35 different albums across 41 chapters. It’s full of bests and ...

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 ...

Originally emerging from the music scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal established a new wave of alternative music that blended elements of heavy metal with hip-hop and a variety of ...

For as long as it’s existed, heavy metal has been singing about the Devil. The self-titled song by Black Sabbath, which opens the Brummies’ first album and pioneered this genre of music, sees Ozzy ...

Revisit four songs from the late '70s, which all have iconic guitar riffs that more or less helped define heavy metal as we know it.