You say you want a revolution? Well, in 1991 you got one in the most spectacular of ways. Music fans were treated to what is likely the most impressive six-month run of album releases in music history ...

Heavy metal fans headbang during a set by the New Jersey- and Maryland-based death metal band Kontusion at Atlas Brewery in D.C. The band’s artwork includes a skull with a crack in it and themes of ...

"I don't regret anything." Get ready to rock! Paramount+ has unveiled an official trailer for one of their new doc series streaming this summer called I Wanna Rock: The 80s Metal Dream. It will retell ...

The History of Heavy Metal is a Swedish 2001 documentary movie made for TV spanning through the timeline of heavy metal music. It starts with the roots of heavy metal and ends with the metal of ...

Doom has always had a close relationship with metal music. Hearing one quick burst of any Doom soundtrack, or even just catching a quick glance at the series’ persistent demonic imagery, will tell you ...

Are you interested in learning about the lasting impacts of antiquity on heavy metal bands? Do you love learning about psychedelics? Or are you hoping to be the DJ at an upcoming social? This semester ...

The Norwegian band’s early years were punctuated by headlines about death and church burnings. It went on to become a beacon of experimentation in the genre. Mayhem, from left: Hellhammer (Jan Axel ...

Those privy to metal music history know that Brazil’s musical roots extend beyond its world-class bossa nova and samba traditions. In fact, during the ‘80s, the country went through its own ...

Tomorrow marks ten years since the ‘Red Wedding’, where legendary metal label Roadrunner Records had the majority of international offices closed down to the tune of 36 staff members losing their jobs ...

Blackbraid, aka Sgah'gahsowáh, begins his first-ever national tour this week. Living in the southern Adirondacks is a star among black metal fans. In the next couple months, his profile within that ...

Here are 10 hair metal music videos that defined 1980s (and very, very early 1990s) pop culture. Big hair. Bigger hooks. Even bigger budgets for fog machines and neon lighting. If there’s one thing ...

Originally emerging from the music scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal established a new wave of alternative music that blended elements of heavy metal with hip-hop and a variety of ...