The best European metal bands are a key component in the genre’s history and evolution. It is impossible to understand what metal is without these groups’ contributions. Whether it’s their success, ...

By the time Within Temptation released The Silent Force in 2004, they were shaping up as one of metal’s great new hopes. The ...

Metal bands have proven to have a prominent longevity throughout the years and that still surprises people. That is something ...

The most forward-thinking bands in prog, post-rock and metal will once again gather at Bristol’s Fernhill Farm next August ...

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...

One year ago today, the former vocalist of one of the most influential heavy metal bands in history died in his home.

“We were on the radio in Seattle, and we’d have friends that would go, ‘That’s not you guys. That sounds like something from Germany or the U.K.’ And we’d go, ‘No, no, no, that’s us.’ And they’d go, ...

Saudia Arabia is one of the most brutal and oppressive countries in the Middle East. Democracy Matrix ranked 176 countries by the quality of their democracy and ranked Saudi Arabia 173 rd, with only ...

"Europe was a little bit behind with the kind of support from the media. Later on, we had Headbangers Ball too, but it never went as big as in America." Schmier pointed to the sheer influence of the ...