Metal News

Metal is an ever-turning and twisting genre, following wormholes into subgenres and melding any and all techniques and sounds along the way in a constant struggle to create something new and original.

When you're in a band as huge as Metallica , it's not unusual to go through the 'Rockstar 101 experience.

A Michigan man who told police he beat his two-year-old daughter to death in 2011 in an attempt to turn her gay so she would avoid men was sentenced to 40-years in prison with a non-parole period of 18-years and nine months Monday.

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This concert film will be something of a lost treasure to Dio fans. Not only has it never actually been released, but it showcases the group's lesser-celebrated mid-to-late-'90s lineup as well as a lot of material from the Strange Highways record, which was something of a departure in Dio's sound.

Federal authorities have confirmed the arrest of a California man who attempted to fly to Syria to join the militant group ISIS, now known as the Islamic State.

THEIRS COME FORWARD. BACK TO YOU. TONIGHT, WE ARE HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM MAN CLAIMING TO BE THE THIRD VICTIM, IN THAT BRUTAL ATTACK WHERE 2 HOMELESS MEN WERE KILLED.

How grim is you life? We watch in horror as Christians in Iraq are being persecuted, driven, hunted by Islamic terrorists.

System of a Down frontman and solo artist Serj Tankian is easily one of the most politically outspoken musicians in the world of rock and metal.

Behind the sleepy voice and laid-back demeanor is a metal master - in training. Guitar-shredding standup comic Dave Hill co-stars alongside fire-throated metal vocalist Phil Anselmo in the Karate Kid -inspired Metal Grasshopper , in which weenie-turned-metalhead Hill endures Anselmo's constant berating and ridiculous feats of metal strength.

Swedish dance musician Avicii is making an album with guest vocalists including Chris Martin, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jon Bon Jovi and System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian.

When Acrassicauda drummer Marwan Hussein found out on July 9 that his heavy-metal band had successfully raised $37,383 via Kickstarter to record its first full-length album, he says his reaction was elation tempered by "a sense of guilt."

This has to be one of the most disrespectful, dishonest, insane rants I've seen since, well, the last time Fox's Jeanine Pirro went off the rails .

In my latest Macworld article, I look back at the history of the iPod, but also the history of the portable music player.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: From left, Mike D'Antonio, Justin Foley, Joel Stroetzel and Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage arrive at the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, in Los Angeles.

Thaikkudam Bridge is a little overpass in Kochi. It is also the moniker for a band which has the virtual world in a tizzy with its wild musical mishmash A standard E-minor chord opening, which surfaced somewhere in the middle of 1991, had nothing standard about what it did to a host of headbangers across the world, the ones who paused and paid ... (more)

NWOBHM veteran act Satan will make first-ever appearances in Austin this autumn, which is saying a lot considering the band is over 30 years old.

Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil and Mick Mars - have signed an agreement saying this is their last go'round.

Following last week's clever ESPN clip showing Metallica trying to fill a void left open by the 2013 retirement of New York Yankees Mariano Rivera, who used "Enter Sandman" for his on-field entrance music, the heavy metal band has now released a blooper reel that's about as funny as the final cut.

Motley Crue the Final Tour marked the end of an era in Phoenix with a theatrical opening set by Alice Cooper.