Inspired by horror movies and dark themes, legendary bands created a theatrically dark genre, Metal. Linda Diaz and Joey Hays chat with members of the legendary bands Gwar and Impaler to uncover how ...

One of the world’s leading guitar brands has produced a documentary series on legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. The first ...

Here are 10 producers who defined the sound of metal in the 1980s. The rise of hard rock and heavy metal in the '80s coincided with major changes in how heavy music was not only recorded and mixed, ...

Dubbed Tony Iommi: The Godfather of Heavy Metal, Volume One, the first video instalment is a 22-minute highlight reel ...

The first installment of Gibson TV's new limited music docuseries, called 'Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal' is now ...

Megadeth are the cover stars of this issue of Metal Hammer, and exclusively via the Louder store, you can pre-order an ...

Wendy Dio: [The Hear ’n Aid single] Stars took about two weeks. The first session was at Sound City in LA, where we did the basic backing track. Eddie Ojeda (guitarist, Twisted Sister): We were all ...

If you saw Black Sabbath's first ever gig, you wouldn't have recognised greatness. Back in 1968, they had the decidedly less sinister name of The Polka Tulk Blues Band, and came complete with a ...

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 ...

In the late 1970s, British rock bands reacted against punk rock and new wave music. They dressed in robes, wrote fantastical lyrics, and dropped the blues from their heavy guitar riffs. Still, some of ...

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 ...