Cooper is famously obsessed with golf. Halford, not so much. Halford enjoys cooking and jokes that his claim to fame is ...

There are no off days for Cryptopsy. The Canadian death-metal band is on a night off just outside of Baltimore when Westword rings, but instead of indulging in the local fare of soft-shell crab and ...

Gojira, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Bring Me the Horizon were all on the bill at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.

At the climax of Jimmy And Stiggs, the latest 16mm-shot splatterfest from raconteur writer/director Joe Begos, a man’s head is split open by an alien parasite. The bug-eyed little monster crawls out ...

It’s not even Halloween, yet, but Knoxville should get ready for Ghost! The band, not the ghouls. The masked Swedish heavy metal band will play Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center Jan. 24.

The following list of the most underrated song by 11 legendary hair metal bands proves that the genre was more than hits and filler. Hair metal – or glam-metal, or pop-metal, or whatever you want to ...

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a metal band’s continued tradition of over-the-top mock violence on stage drew considerable criticism for how it depicted the president and Elon Musk.

Heavy metal icons GWAR staged a mock beheading of Elon Musk and murdered President Trump during their performance at this weekend’s Riot Fest, with critics slamming the band for “normalizing violence.

A metal band may seem like an odd fit in a setting like Downtown Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center, typically home to musicals and ballets. But Dream Theater — shaped and honed by four decades of recording ...

Thundering drums, indulgent solos, libidinous lyrics — you might not expect such stuff from Billy Joel. But for one glorious, gonzo moment, Joel put it all on display in his two-man heavy metal band, ...

The date is Sept. 19, 1985, and Snider, 30, is in front of Congress to oppose adding warning labels to albums with explicit lyrics. His band's biggest hit, "We're Not Gonna Take It," is one of the ...