Dutch pioneers of dark symphonic metal and rock Within Temptation have spent just shy of three decades carving out international esteem, now in command of eight studio albums, a notoriously ...

A new service for artists backed by the biggest metal band on the planet just launched and it’s loping to make securing and protecting royalties easier for those involved. Dubbed the Heavy Music ...

Heavy metal has produced legendary artists celebrated for groundbreaking music, powerful live performances, and innovative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Combat Records, one of the most influential heavy metal labels of the 1980s, is making a major comeback in 2026. After over four ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

A groundbreaking heavy rock band that has shaped the sound of punk and metal for over 40 years, the Melvins bring their current tour with UK grindcore greats Napalm Death to San Francisco and San Jose ...

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 ...

Converge band members left to right: Nate Newton (bassist), Ben Koller (drummer), Jacob Bannon (vocalist), Kurt Ballou (guitarist). There’s something missing in modern heavy music. It’s hard to put a ...

Heavy metal is often described as “monolithic.” At Somergloom, however — the annual festival of “heavy” music set to unfold its fourth iteration this weekend at Somerville’s Center for Arts at the ...

Here are five acoustic songs that are still hard and heavy, chosen by three-piece rock band Of Limbo. The trio recently dropped their latest LP, Unplugged. It’s a nine-track release featuring covers ...

The Long Hunt, a heavy instrumental band based in Pittsburgh, are releasing their next album “Natural Order” on July 18 — “a labor of love and an artifact of where we are musically at the present ...