From Castle Rat's fantastical doom metal to the Dirty Nil's punk- and classic rock-fueled blitzkrieg, these artists carried ...

Comedian Don Jamieson is a name almost any metal fan should know. Not only has he steadily been releasing comedy specials over the last decade-plus, you certainly know him from his longtime stint as a ...

Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...

Here are the five best prog metal covers of Black Sabbath songs! As the inventors of heavy metal – according to most genre fans and journalists, at least – Black Sabbath directly or indirectly ...

Nirvana had no qualms with covering quite a few underrated songs during their time. One example would be “Lake Of Fire” by Meat Puppets, which the band famously performed during their MTV Unplugged ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. The Villa Park crowd watch support acts, during British rock ...

In a nutshell, progressive rock kicked off in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when distinctive and imaginative artists experimented with particularly complex arrangements, lengthy track lengths, ...

Heavy music was at war with itself in 1985 — and from the conflict emerged a slew of groundbreaking albums from one of hard rock and metal's most consequential years. Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock ...

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 ...