If ever there were a movie genre suited to heavy metal, it has to be kaiju. Filled with gigantic monsters rampaging through major conurbations and leaving trails of destruction in their wake, it’s ...

Has the heavy metal era passed? Many fans of the genre would laugh in your face if you ask them this question about a rock music genre that probably has the most sub-genres around and has, since its ...

Pop might be an icky word for heavy metal diehards. But remember, “pop” is just short for popular. And if you’re favorite band sells millions of records, then they are, by definition, popular. History ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

Hello, longtime readers and people who accidentally clicked on this post, i.e., most of you. Here we are, once more, knighting the Metal Song Of The Summer. Last year, we asked you if metal could even ...

OnePlus, never one to shy away from a crazy promo opportunity, has teamed up with Finnish heavy metal monsters Lordi for its latest collaboration. However, it’s not a smartphone, a smartwatch, or a ...

Podcast host and comedian Maron asks Halford about metal's origins, to which the Metal God replies (transcript via Classic Rock, “Some say there was the great band called Blue Cheer, 'Summertime Blues ...

In the late 1970s, British rock bands reacted against punk rock and new wave music. They dressed in robes, wrote fantastical lyrics, and dropped the blues from their heavy guitar riffs. Still, some of ...

RED EAGLE CAMPGROUND — When a Wyoming festival dedicated to metal and other heavy music needed a new home, a group from the Blackfeet Reservation invited them in to create something new. There would ...