As a result of the ever-changing definitions of music genres, there are quite a few rock bands that were once considered metal, but aren't anymore. We've argued numerous times that heavy metal, as a ...

Johannes Eckerström, singer of Swedish melodic metal group Avatar, has explained why his home country has given the world so many heavy bands. “In Sweden, post-World War II, there’s this kind of […] ...

Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

A heavy metal band is appealing for unused and unloved instruments so they can be donated to families in time for Christmas. Newcastle-based Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (or Pigsx7) have been ...

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...

A heavy metal fan’s way of seeing the world stems from a mix of skepticism, intensity, and brutal honesty. It’s not about ...

Though Seattle’s grunge bands scrubbed L.A.’s hair metal bands from MTV in the early ’90s, some of them were influenced by the bands they replaced. Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard recently revealed how ...

The Texas San Antonio Zoo recorded the vocal progression of three of their new baby cockatoos over a few months, and it went viral on social media. Then, in a hilarious post featuring the four clips ...