Metallica's classic 1991 release 'The Black Album' as been certified 20 times platinum for sales of 20 million copies.

A popular rock/metal band is entering a new era. FireHouse has released a new song, “Mighty Fine Lady,” on their official website. It’s the group’s first single with new lead singer Nate Peck, who ...

I can guarantee you've never heard a heavy metal band quite like Hatebeak in your entire life, partly because the lead singer is a parrot.

Classic heavy metal bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden found success with a combination of heavy guitar riffs and pop hooks.

Somebody in Sweden would have gotten around to starting a heavy metal band eventually. But Ragne and Styrbjörn had the vision and the guts to be first. After Ragne died, remembrances flooded in ...

By Alex Marshall Gojira, a leading French heavy metal band, became the first hard rock act to perform in an Olympic Games opening ceremony when it did a metal version of “Ah! Ça Ira,” a song ...

“So, I will take that trophy that Judas Priest were the first ever, definitive heavy metal band. So that‘s a big thing to say," he says, aware that his soundbite will likely generate news head ...

The ‘Legion’ heavy metal band formed in 1979 ... ‘Legion’ was one of the first (№5, 1993) Soviet metal bands to begin writing their own material, instead of just playing covers.

Heavy metal seems to exist on a rift in ... all the things we loved about metal and hardcore when we first found them. Everything about this band rules, and they couldn’t have come from anywhere ...

Next week, that band is headed to New Braunfels. Self-described as “the world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band,” Metalachi consists of five musicians typically donning heavy metal ...

Brazil is the biggest country in South America. And aside from bikini waxes, famous soccer players, and BBQ meat served on swords, the country is also known for heavy metal music, of all varieties ...

What exactly is "heavy metal?" Pose the question to ... Records shortly after the release of their first album, Forging a Future Self (2006). The band's sound is decidedly aggressive, with heavy ...