Black Sabbath didn’t plan to start a new genre when they debuted in 1970, but their self-titled track is now seen as the place where metal began ...

Judas Priest's Rob Halford was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program and discussed the band's long-waited return to the road, other projects in the works and the band's 50-plus ...

Heavy metal didn’t appear overnight—it was the result of decades of musical evolution, from blues and rock to psychedelic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Joseph Okpako/WireImage Over the past decade, New Zealand trio Alien Weaponry have ...

Guitarist Kerry King’s father gave him three choices when he was growing up. “Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was ...

A music-streaming study has revealed that only hip-hop and pop artists really benefit from the system's payment model. Blues, jazz, and heavy metal bands frequently end up being short-changed by ...

Science can teach us a lot about ourselves. It's certainly given us a wealth of information over the years about heavy metal and its effect on avid listeners of the genre. Studies regarding how ...