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Alan Lancaster (Status Quo bassist): It was a bit confusing – it was called Monsters Of Rock, but we weren’t really a heavy metal band. It was a pretty miserable day. Windy, slightly rainy.

Hardcore and thrash still pride themselves on being politically conscious: we should all follow these ballsy bands’ examples ...

New bands formed out of a love for Kiss and Black Sabbath but also Minor Threat, Fugazi, and Bad Brains. And the ethos between heavy metal and punk rock created an ethical dilemma. He said that ...

Sinners' director Ryan Coogler has confirmed that he was inspired by the music of Metallica while making his newly released ...

But this pursuit is what also inadvertently brought me head-to-head with metal ... music; rather, Brown Acid’s albums are comprised of the sounds that evolved from that music. “Heavy Rock ...

But there is one band that is perhaps closer to his heart than all the others: Iron Maiden. He’s already penned a few works about these titans of NWOBHM (that’s New Wave of British Heavy Metal for you ...

On Monday the band released the following statement ... through the great works that some of our friends in rock radio were doing, spreading the heavy metal gospel. 'We spent a lot of time in ...

As with every subjection of extreme metal to the public, Gojira’s performance was met with heavy backlash and accusations of Satanism. Such criticism is an expected occupational hazard for any metal ...

Guns and Lewis, the latter formerly of the band Girl that also featured future Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, reunited ...

Mayer played bass in an all-female heavy metal band. She picked up the bass at 12 years old, and by 15, Mayer had played two Warped Tours - America's premium rock and metal festival. "I put out an ...

The jury was out whether Marc could still rock the house until we heard him play. Drummer John Sotelo played in heavy metal bands in the 1980s. "I played all over the United States, never really ...