Let's face it, 2024 was a massive year for metal breaking through to the mainstream. Even without new releases from the likes of Metallica, Slipknot or Iron Maiden, there was a stunningly impressive ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

They say at times you can't hear the sheer brilliance of a song until it's broken down on acoustic guitar, so for this edition of Gear Factor, you'll get a lot of brilliance from some of rock and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...

Let's just get this out of the way up top: No, metal isn't dead. If you look around the underground today, there are plenty of thriving pockets: death metal, black metal, doom, thrash, sludge, etc.

After decades in the commercial wilderness, metalmusic is currently enjoying a sizable renaissance. With both Ghost and Sleep Token enjoying number 1 albums in the United States for the first time in ...

Metallica songs are not easy to replicate. They’ve built their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legacy with thrashing metal riffs, complex arrangements, and James Hetfield’s outstanding and emotionally ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

Revisit four songs from the late '70s, which all have iconic guitar riffs that more or less helped define heavy metal as we know it.