Consequence's list of the Best Metal & Hard Rock Songs of 2025 includes standout tracks from Puscifer, Deafheaven, The Pretty ...

Did you know that Sanae Takaichi, who became Japan’s first female Prime Minister this week, was once a heavy metal drummer? Politics and music aren’t miles apart, with musicians frequently using their ...

Japan’s incoming prime minister is a heavy metal drummer with an iron will — that insiders say gives her an in with President Trump. Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister ...

What are the 25 best metal albums of the last 25 years (from 2000 through 20204)? That's what we're here to determine as we try to whittle down a quarter century of metal's best albums to just 25 ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WANF/Gray News) - The former lead guitarist for the popular heavy metal band Mastodon died overnight in Georgia, according to authorities. Atlanta Police said William Brent Hinds was ...

Those who know me well know that two things I love are the Supreme Court and heavy metal (not necessarily in that order). So this column asks the obvious question: What heavy metal band would each ...

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...

W hen Nate Newton, bassist for the band Converge, first learned how steep the suicide rate among Native American teens was, he was shocked. “I was like, ‘That can’t be right. That’s so absolutely ...

(Editor’s note: You’ve seen our weekly ‘Top Tracks’ playlist, but what we’ve got here is a sneak peak for a brand new weekly set of songs aimed at highlighting smaller acts. This will eventually make ...

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