Oh, the woe of influencing anyone else. To look out at the world, to listen and hear that the music you’ve made has inspired someone should be beautiful and affirming, a sign that you created a new ...

The death of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne this July, and the huge reaction it provoked worldwide, represented ...

Heavy metals get a bad rap. For the most part, it is deserved because they are usually toxic. Except when they aren't. You have probably consumed a whole lot of at least one or two of them, yet you ...

No longer ignored by summer festival promoters, Tucson will play host to the inaugural Gigantour–the metal festival created by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine—this Friday at Casino del Sol’s AVA. Why ...

If you saw Black Sabbath's first ever gig, you wouldn't have recognised greatness. Back in 1968, they had the decidedly less sinister name of The Polka Tulk Blues Band, and came complete with a ...

How did heavy metal — or just metal, as it's colloquially called — become the term that identifies the outgrowth of rock music that's more powerful and aggressive, with distorted guitars, thunderous ...