It struck an emotional chord. A head-banging bride and groom found a way to amp up their “most heavy metal wedding ever” — by exchanging electric guitars instead of “crappy” rings. Unblushing bride ...

Check out what Star Trek legend William Shatner has planned for his next passion project, and it's a big giant headbanger!

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 ...

Without electric guitars and their iconic designs and trademark distorted riffage, there would be no such thing as heavy metal. Since its inception in the 1960s, heavy metal has steadily gained ...

Heavy metal had been slowly growing in popularity for decades by the time it hit its commercial peak. The ’80s are considered mainly the heyday of heavy metal in its official definition. That being ...

The 1980s was a prime decade for heavy metal music. From Metallica to Black Sabbath, and many others in between, bands were firing on all cylinders. The decade gave the genre some of its biggest hits, ...

The New Zealand metallers have supported Kerry King, have Lamb of God guesting on their record, and a sound that celebrates their Māori heritage that de Jong says is all about the riff ...