Rise Against and Whitechapel lead the slate of new tour announcements this week, while two major cruises were revealed for ...

Organizers of the Download Festival have shared a statement on their restroom policy after it was called into question addressing trans fans usage.

Lzzy Hale Says Skid Row's Music Helped Shape Her Life Mission Lzzy Hale discusses what it's going to be like fronting Skid Row and when fans might be able to expect new music from Halestorm. Can You ...

Tool are one of those bands that gets people talking, and a lot of times that talk is about their striking music videos. Most of them are full of abstract imagery that seem to be culled from some ...

When you think '80s metal, your mind probably goes straight to black leather, big hair and MTV. Well, you'd be about half right. Not every '80s metal band had big hair, but nearly every signed act was ...

First appearing on the cover of their 1979 ‘Horror Business’ single, the Misfits’ instantly recognizable skull logo was inspired by the titular character in ‘The Crimson Ghost,’ a 1946 film serial.

The high pitch scream is as synonymous with heavy metal as Dio's "metal horns." Throughout the 80s, approximately two out of five metal bands employed a singer who rocked the high-pitched delivery and ...

In 1993, Marilyn Manson hit the metal mainstream, sending kids to the record stores and scaring the crap out of parents. While the heavy sound and edgy lyrical content were a big part of the band's ...

"We definitely didn't write the song to stir up a fucking hornet's nest. No one in the band claims to be an expert on religion, but the title of the song comes from something that a lot of people ...

Although they’ve had seven singers pass through their ranks since forming back in 1981, most fans of the band consider Joey Belladonna the voice of Anthrax. Hiring Belladonna in late 1984 to replace ...

Is a live album really ever live? Most are manipulated in some way, either in the mixing stage or the overdubbing of guitar leads or vocal passages. The greatest of them all, KISS seminal Alive!, ...

Beyond the goofy glitz of "Gangnam Style," mountains of scorching spicy kimchee, and futuristic video game culture, South Korea has offered an unsung chain of hammering and haunting metal bands for ...