Since it started, metal has been using sonic intensity and unsettling lyrics to try and frighten the pants off the mainstream. That desire to freak out the uninitiated doesn’t start and stop at the ...

In any era of music, the cover song has remained a staple, and with five decades of heavy metal to work with, we've selected The Best Cover Songs From 50 of Metal's Biggest Bands. In decades long gone ...

Heaviness and speed are two things attracting fans to bands like Iron Maiden or Slayer. It’s also what keeps some music fans away. But hearing other artists interpret heavy songs within their own ...

On the surface heavy metal music and fantasy seem like strange bedfellows. Until relatively recently, dragons and orcs weren’t exactly cool or mainstream. Groups like Led Zeppelin definitely were ...

This article originally appeared in the October 1991 issue of SPIN. In honor of Metallica playing their 40th anniversary shows in San Francisco this weekend, we’re republishing it here. Near the end ...

Heavy metal covers of pop hits? Let’s face it, that idea is usually perceived as comedy. The extremity of metal (volume, performance, roaring vocals, rebellion) meeting the realm of pop (hooky, safe, ...

Metal and pop music often feel so far removed from each other. But when heavy bands give their take on mainstream hits, the results are often really fun. Most metalheads are highly opposed to the ...

Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...

The move brings Frank Frazetta artwork back into the legendary magazine, starting next year. By Graeme McMillan For many, the mere mention of Heavy Metal magazine brings to mind images of Frank ...

It’s only mid-November, and today alone, we’ve already heard three metal Christmas songs: August Burns Red’s take on Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas,” Dee Snider and Lzzy Hale’s version of ...

Conceptual art can be opaque. It can be abstruse. It can be confounding. It can also shred harder than Yngwie Malmsteen steamrolling at high speeds through the blazing metal licks of “Far Beyond the ...