Thirty-five years ago, in February 1989, those were the five artists competing for the first-ever Grammy recognizing heavy ...

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Epica released their latest studio work, the collaborations-heavy EP The Alchemy Project, in 2022. Metal Hammer called it “a ...

Thirty-five years after they started, and 28 years after they broke up, the Central College-born band Labyrinth will be on stage together again Saturday at George Daily Auditorium. The show, which is ...

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.

However their sound was a distinctive and gritty mix of hard rock with heavy Southern rock, a sound that set them apart from the glossier glam-metal bands of the late ‘80s. “Junkyard,” their ...

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

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

The fictional heavy metal band courted esteemed sideman Nicky Hopkins, Spinal Tap's Harry Shearer reveals in the documentary ...

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