Rock and metal still have their wild moments, but these days have nothing on the 20th century. The 1970s, '80s and '90s were full of chaos and decadence. Heavy metal was essentially born in 1970, ...

The 1990s grunge boom didn't quash everything else in the rock sphere, especially not metal. Though Nirvana and others pushed the '90s buzz for Seattle-derived alt-rock to ubiquity, many a metal band ...

October is the month of Metallica. Why? Because it was the month they were founded. October 28th, 1981 to be exact—five months after the official meeting of Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield. Sure, ...

On paper, hip-hop and metal shouldn’t work together — two polarizing genres with very different intentions and attitudes. However, thanks to a new wave of outfits in the late ‘90s and early 2000s ...

As the once-maligned genre of nu metal continues to get re-evaluated, here are 10 nu metal albums that even skeptics need to ...

Inspired by horror movies and dark themes, legendary bands created a theatrically dark genre, Metal. Linda Diaz and Joey Hays chat with members of the legendary bands Gwar and Impaler to uncover how ...

Heavy metal has its roots in the late 1960s and the emergence of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. It's a genre of rock music noted for a monumental sound characterized by distorted ...

This November, Ignacia Fernández was crowned Miss World Chile. To mark the occasion, she sang a Death Metal song with Chilean ...

The New Wave of American Heavy Metal was an exciting period in time for, well, American heavy metal. As we emerged from the nü metal-induced fog of the late ’90s and early 2000s, a new crop of metal ...

Mark Kelehan grew up listening to Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss and Metallica. But he didn’t add new bands to his rotation for 20 years as adult life kept him busy, including with four daughters. Then, the ...

Johnny Cash made a name for himself as a country music star, and traditional gospel hymns were some of the earliest songs he learned. He once said his favorite album was his record of songs from his ...

I know the Lounge has a fair amount of heavy metal fans, spanning multiple time periods and sub-genres. I've been a fan of various forms of metal since I was a teenager, but starting in my mid-20s I ...