TikTok has proven to be an effective - if slightly surprising - ally to heavy metal over the past 18 months, offering bands old and new fresh opportunities to reach a whole new audience and gain ...

With a career spanning nearly four decades, American death metal progenitors Cannibal Corpse have been one of the most infamous, enduring bands in the genre. With 16 full-length records, many banned ...

During her chat with Guitar World (posted to YouTube on March 1), Strauss went over five guitar riffs that changed her life. In addition to playing and discussing licks from Megadeth (“Trust”), Alice ...

A groundbreaking heavy rock band that has shaped the sound of punk and metal for over 40 years, the Melvins bring their current tour with UK grindcore greats Napalm Death to San Francisco and San Jose ...

In the late 1970s, British rock bands reacted against punk rock and new wave music. They dressed in robes, wrote fantastical lyrics, and dropped the blues from their heavy guitar riffs. Still, some of ...

Allen Blickle has died. Baroness, the heavy metal band that the drummer co-founded in 2003, announced Blickle’s death on Instagram. He was 42. “It breaks my heart to have to share the news that my ...

The passing of legendary singer and Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne unsurprisingly has many heavy metal fans in mourning. That goes for musicians who were influenced by Osbourne’s work as well as ...

Metal band Mastodon performed at the Alaska State Fair just two days after former guitarist Brent Hinds died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta. The show marked the band’s first performance since ...

Guitarist Nita Strauss has made quite a name for herself over the years, having worked with eminent rock and metal artists such as Alice Cooper, Angel Vivaldi and Lzzy Hale. Naturally, she has a ton ...