Aside from Metallica and a couple other big names, it's been a spotlight year for up-and-coming acts. Top 20 Metal and Hard Rock Albums of 2023 (So Far) Heavy Consequence Staff ...

While the exact origin of heavy metal is hard to nail down, it emerged as a distinct genre in the late 1960s and into the '70s, drawing inspiration from various influences that included rock.

What makes a band deserving to enter the Rock Hall? To me, there's various ways to get in. Some will say popularity with huge ...

The rhythms in Beck’s Bolero were inspired by 1928 orchestral piece Boléro by French composer Maurice Ravel, though Beck chose to bastardise the concept into his own overture of wailing bends, ...

As a result of the ever-changing definitions of music genres, there are quite a few rock bands that were once considered metal, but aren't anymore. We've argued numerous times that heavy metal, as ...

As the ’80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock ...

Hard rock/heavy metal band Ghost has hit no. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time rock music has topped the chart in four years.

A good way into its hour-and-45-minute performance Tuesday night, Aug. 20, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre, Volbeat posited a ...

Half a century ago, a select handful of British drummers became the most talked about and influential players in the world ...

When We Rocked' traces the rise of disco, hard rock, heavy metal and grunge in the city through interviews with dozens of ...

The Kreator and Testament concert at Hard Rock Live in Orlando on October 15, 2024, was a night of pure thrash metal fury, with both bands bringing decades of heavy music history to life on stage.