Metal music has reinvented itself over and over again and its listeners have done the same thing. They have taken themselves from one extreme to another. From big hair, chains and tight pants to baggy ...

Previous lineups for Mayhem Festival have been stacked, with bands like Behemoth, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, and Slipknot playing throughout the years. And, last year saw female artists like Poppy, ...

During the heyday of hair metal, Ford was one of the few women ... Joplin quickly ascended from being one of the best female rock singers of the 60s to become one of the best rock and blues ...

That being said, I can’t stress how fucking cool this is. There are tons of awesome female-fronted bands, including some on Avildsen’s own label (eg. Poppy and Kittie). It’ll be cool to see not only ...

you’ll see men and women in their 60s wearing Black Sabbath shirts at gigs. Metal is bigger than any drug: note how adherents of a stimulant-free straight-edged lifestyle love the music for its ...

The 1980s were a great time for music, with so many iconic female singers and vocalists rising to fame. Some of the best ‘80s women’s singers include the genre’s all-time greats, such as ...

Slipknot wrote a song inspired by the crimes of an English serial killer named Peter Sutcliffe for their most recent album ...

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Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves that the genre, which relied so heavily on simple pop sensibilities, packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to ...

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