Heavy music fans demand originality, then attack Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon, Linkin Park and other bands for evolving beyond familiar sounds.

Tom Morello recently appeared on Billy Corgan’s podcast The Magnificent Others to discuss 1990s Gen X rock bands. The Rage Against The Machine guitarist explains the “punk rock guilt” shared by many bands in the 1990s. New bands formed out of a love ...

As a result of the ever-changing definitions of music genres, there are quite a few rock bands that were once considered metal, but aren't anymore. We've argued numerous times that heavy metal, as a genre, was "invented" when Black Sabbath released their ...

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 long stood out as one of the most popularized alternative ...

Devil Master fuse theatricality with feral sincerity on "You Worms' Vain Delusion," our Heavy Song of the Week alongside honorable mentions from Anthrax, Chat Pile, and Left To Die.

Here are 10 classic rock albums from the 1970s that used to be considered heavy metal. Heavy metal didn't just arrive overnight with a guitar in one hand a bottle of Jack Daniels in the other, but instead was pieced together in real time long before anyone ...

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 stay within the community. Still, even before the music ...

As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and metal history where just about anything went: The old had ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s greatest guitarists, a number of aspects need to be taken ...

KABUL (Reuters) - On a dimly lit stage the godfather of Afghan rock prepares for the next song, as images of the French movie La Haine (Hate) flicker above and his audience is asked what song would they sing if they were lying in the gutter dying.