The heavy metal genre isn’t inherently satanic. It’s hearty, loud, aggressive and loaded with guitar distortion and commanding vocals. But none of that makes it satanic. The devil, as they say, is in ...

When Diama Luciano fell in love with heavy metal, it made sense that Satan was present. The Denver-based musician and organizer – who plays guitar in the local death-metal band Katalysk and co-founded ...

The devil is getting some solid gigs lately. The Satanic panic that swept the U.S. through the '80s seems to be gaining renewed media focus. Add that to the popularity of Stranger Things 4's beloved ...

We were tucked into his closet-sized space, surrounded by T-shirts, vinyl, and CDs for bands like Exodus and Angel Corpse, a KISS DVD on the screen, and a glass case holding Metal Mania magazine by ...

In the new Peacock series Hysteria!, the suburban town of Happy Hollow, Michigan, is like many towns in the late 1980s, except it has a devil problem. Rumors of a Satanic cult prowling the area have ...

Metal and rock music have long been associated Satanism due to Satanic references and symbols in music, such as the number 666. But a lot of the artists were incorrectly labeled as Satanists because ...

“Crucifix (I Burn For You),” the latest banger from stoner/trad metal crucifix burners Lucifer, got me thinking about rock and metal’s long history of song titles that have unnecessary parentheses.

Radio station WSOU, launched in 1986 by Seton Hall University in New Jersey, has been a mainstay of the metal landscape in the U.S. for over three decades. The station has long been a lifeline for New ...

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