Do you ever wonder which concerts your favorite rock and metal musicians saw for the first time? Everyone remembers their first concert. For many musicians, it changed their lives, as it was the ...

One year ago today, the former vocalist of one of the most influential heavy metal bands in history died in his home.

"OK, we’re dropping the ballad. We’re cutting it from the set.” We’re in Eindhoven at Dynamo Metalfest and I Prevail frontman ...

In 1993, a group of childhood friends decided to start a band. Drawn to each other by a love of music, drinking and partying, they set about writing songs that would bond them together for life, and ...

Sign up for Free Times Weekend newsletter! Let us help you find something to do around town. Receive a breakdown of the week’s best concerts, shows and other ...

A look-alike mannequin of Musk was rolled out, wearing sunglasses, a cap, a “D.O.G.E.” t-shirt, jeans, and a jacket. One band member swung a sword and chopped off its head. Fake blood sprayed ...

Who was the better nu-metal band of the '90s - Korn or Limp Bizkit? That's the debate that the center of this week's Chuck's Fight Club on Loudwire Nights! When it comes to nu-metal, it doesn't get ...

Every record label passed on their demo tape, which included a song that would later become an MTV hit. “But our management had an idea,” says Chip Z’Nuff, bassist and cofounder of Chicago-based band ...

Death metal often seems to belong to a bygone time, whether that’s the white-sneakered ’80s that birthed the genre or much, much further back. Simple power chord progressions get called “caveman riffs ...

Carcosa band member left to right: Andrew Baena, Johnny Ciardullo, Travis Regnier, Cooper Lagace. It’s no question that over recent years the extreme metal sub-genre, deathcore, has seemingly risen ...