One tragic event inspired a Norwegian band to create an hour-long musical journey.

Recently, Profound Lore Records announced a new 12-inch EP from Disma, an American death metal band that’s existed for well over a decade. The band’s frontman Craig Pillard is considered a pioneer of ...

A recent study has posited that listening to heavy metal is actually good for the mental health of fans of the genre. The results fly in the face of past thinking that caused a moral panic around the ...

Poppy's new album I Disagree (out Friday, Jan. 10) might exhibit characteristics closer to heavy metal than her previous work. But that doesn't mean the singer herself calls it metal music. Poppy ...

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 ...

Heavy metal music has become a niche genre to an extent. While there are a couple of bands that have broken into the mainstream and garnered wide appeal, the majority of heavy metal bands seemingly ...

“We are here to make coffee metal,” Nathan Explosion (Brendon Small) growls in the premiere of the mid-2000s’ Adult Swim series, Metalocalypse. “We will make everything metal. Blacker than the ...

Forget wild and chaotic behaviour, heavy metal music culture is inclusive and governed by etiquette and codes of conduct, according to new UCL research. After several years on the road, touring with a ...

Sure, heavy metal music has a history. But could heavy metal music be history? With inspirations ranging from ancient Egypt and Rome to the American Revolution, and even World War II, a number of ...

Mike Howe, the singer from the heavy metal band Metal Church, died Monday morning at his home in Eureka, Calif. He was 55. The band's official Facebook page made the announcement. "It is with our ...

A fringe-lipped bat, “Trachops cirrhosus” (Photo: Lars Heiden/ STRI) How do you train a wild animal to come back to you after you have set it free? If it is a fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, ...