As Metallica et al broke through, Kreator, Sodom and Destruction were forging an even harder sound. They recall gigs in coalmines, sessions in steelworks – and boozing with Slayer ...

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Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

The band, which features members of several local underground acts, is playing in Fort Collins on Saturday, March 21.

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Blackbraid, aka Sgah'gahsowáh, begins his first-ever national tour this week. Living in the southern Adirondacks is a star among black metal fans. In the next couple months, his profile within that ...

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Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary loves music that goes big. He certainly spans a wide range of dynamics and styles in the scoring work he does for film, TV, and video games, but he revels in ...

In community halls across Western Sydney young people are headbanging, crowdsurfing and forming mosh pits.