In the late 1970s, a new, heavier subgenre of metal began to take over the San Francisco Bay Area metal scene, a genre that ...

After headbanging with Carrie Underwood, Naples heavy-metal singer Kobyn Melton returns next week for Hollywood Week on “American Idol.” ...

Black Sabbath threw together one of the most popular songs in heavy metal history in an afternoon as an afterthought.

In 2020, live music, along with the rest of the world, went into lockdown. With tours cancelled and no shows to review, ...

Meissner was smart to pick the "Master of Puppets" cover. The song is considered one of the band's greatest songs of all time ...

The Who’s legendary guitarist Pete Townshend admitted that the band’s most iconic song, “My Generation,” became “a burden.” ...

While rock and roll may seem to be fading in the UK, our list of the top 20 greatest bands of all time proves that the genre ...

Thrash is alive and well in 2025 and Warbringer‘s John Kevill credits the late 2000s revival for ensuring the health of ...

Maynard James Keenan has spent the majority of his career operating in the progressive metal sphere, but one unusual album ...

Baby food, spices, chocolate. And now, Girl Scout cookies. In recent years, tests have found heavy metals like lead in some of the most common food products in American households. A proposed ...

Now we should be clear about what we're talking about when we say classic movies. The best way to tell if a movie is truly a classic or not is time, so we made the call to only include movies that ...

Think you know your heavy metal? Then take on our brand new Metal Hammer quiz and find out if you are a true defender of the ...