After spending nearly a decade on hiatus, the beloved metal group is officially returning to the stage for a long-awaited ...

The best European metal bands are a key component in the genre’s history and evolution. It is impossible to understand what metal is without these groups’ contributions. Whether it’s their success, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

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Horns up! There is nothing like listening to insane guitar riffs, heavy bass, soaring, even growling vocals, and a powerful drum beat. Even better, much of metal music is based on classical theory.

Here's 10 of the most essential rock and metal bands from France, chosen by Nicolas Delestrade, bassist for French progressive metalcore group Novelists. From black metal to pop-punk, the historic ...

The legendary metal band is celebrating half a century at the height of their popularity, and has also just released the ...

Vancouver Metal Veterans Launch New Record Alongside Nationwide Summer Tour Canadian heavy metal band Iron Kingdom has ...

Tuomas Holopainen got the idea to form Nightwish while fulfilling his national service in the Finnish army. His plan was to create an acoustic band to make ‘campfire music’. Luckily for metal, he soon ...