Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

Here are 25 rock and metal bands you might not know, but will in 2025. It's no secret — being a new (or new-ish) band means putting yourself, your music, your ambition and all your hopes and dreams, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Heavy metal’s “Prince of Darkness” was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the second time in his career on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – this time as a ...

There's plenty of horror-based rock music to throw on during Halloween season: Misfits, Ghost, AFI, Alkaline Trio, Lordi, Heavens, and more death metal bands than I could possibly list. But if you're ...

The Heavy Rock band, Dark Capricorn Rising, has created their own, unique “Universe of Sound” that has never been equaled by any band, past or present. They are a neo-heavy rock band based in Canton, ...

As music festivals jockey to stay afloat among rising production costs, one party in the desert simply won’t dry up. Planet Desert Rock Weekend, a riff-heavy fest born out of a love for stoner rock, ...

Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

The seed for The Singularity was planted back in 1995 when McCreary was just 15 years old and living in Bellingham, Washington. He wrote a sci-fi song called “Escape from the Machines” that was done ...

Well, of all the heavy bands that wear make-up, KISS is probably the most famous. And now they’ve hung up their suits, taken off the face paint, and become avatars. But there are plenty of groups ...

A good way into its hour-and-45-minute performance Tuesday night, Aug. 20, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre, Volbeat posited a musical theory that it’s best to “Better Be Fueled Than Tamed.” Rest ...