Here are 10 one-woman black metal bands you need to know about. From Onielar, helmswoman of Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult and Bethlehem, to Sarcana, ex-Gehenna’s “Spell Trilogy” keyboardist, there ...

Eyes Set To Kill, Viridescent, Stitched Up Heart and Lauren Babic are no longer exceptions to the rule - they’re remaking the genre’s sound, aesthetics and narratives.

Metal is a music genre often associated with a lot of aggression which makes sense given the heavy electric guitar riffs, the loud and bassy screaming vocals and the nature of metal concerts as a ...

Here are the 9 best non-hair metal albums released by hair metal bands. The 1980s were synonymous with larger-than-life personas, infectious, anthemic choruses, long, flowing locks, skin-tight leather ...

“We were on the radio in Seattle, and we’d have friends that would go, ‘That’s not you guys. That sounds like something from Germany or the U.K.’ And we’d go, ‘No, no, no, that’s us.’ And they’d go, ...

Middle school was an odd time for me. As I’m sure most angsty preteens do, I struggled to define the boundaries between who I was and who I was not. And most often, that struggle manifested in my ...

Before we can dive into bands who are wrongly labeled hair metal, we must ask ourselves: what exactly defines hair metal? Is ...

A 119-year-old opera house will host nearly 20 local heavy metal bands as part of a two-day festival. Path of Destruction, on Friday, Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 8, will bring 19 local and regional ...