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Few figures continue to cast such a huge shadow over the metal scene as Aleister Crowley, the famous – and infamous – 20th ...

The Recording Academy has announced the 2025 Grammy nominees for Best Metal Performance, and there are a number of great ...

Swiss power metal act Burning Witches released the enchanting one-off single "The Spell of the Skull." It's our Heavy Song of the Week.

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Tactics puts you in command of the Peregrine Falcons, an elite fighting force within The Normal Army. This spin-off takes full advantage of Metal Slug’s legions of varied enemy types, distinct ...

"When we wrote our music," Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton says, "we weren’t writing it to fit in a category or a trend.

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Recently, we played a show in Cleveland, and some guy in a Godzilla costume showed up and started going nuts in the pit,” Lord Kaiju, the singer and guitarist for the death metal band Oxygen Destroyer ...