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 ...

Heavy metal will never die, and it’s evident by all of the OG bands from the genre’s heyday in the ‘80s that are still touring today. These are just a few powerhouse legends that are still rockin’ ...

Though Seattle’s grunge bands scrubbed L.A.’s hair metal bands from MTV in the early ’90s, some of them were influenced by the bands they replaced. Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard recently revealed how ...

Crank up the volume and prepare to headbang! Join us as we count down our picks for the most successful and influential groups in the history of metal music. From thrash to death metal, groove to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Judas Priest, Opeth, Trivium and Napalm Death onstage. When you're at work, you very rarely hear about people sticking ...

Here are 11 of the best love songs by some of the biggest bands in heavy metal. Metal bands aren't always known for their ability to be touchy feely, but on more than one occasion, heavy metal has ...

The musical zeitgeist is constantly in flux and ever-evolving. Many a band sink beneath the whims of its ebbs and flows. One-hit wonders and even iconic bands that are intrinsically linked to the ...

Inspired by horror movies and dark themes, legendary bands created a theatrically dark genre, Metal. Linda Diaz and Joey Hays chat with members of the legendary bands Gwar and Impaler to uncover how ...

Heavy metal fans complain that the genre is dying, but nostalgia, gatekeeping, and resistance to new bands may be helping ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...