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Heavy metal

Heavy Metal - Metal - Rock - General - Music - Hardcore

The song that coined the term “heavy metal”

An interesting etymology.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 15, 2024
Heavy Metal - Singer - Metal - Hardcore - Screaming

Which guitarist is known as the ‘Father of Heavy Metal’?

“I make people’s ears bleed.”

Guy Howie
Sep 13, 2024
Geddy Lee - Rush - Bass

“Heabyocity”: Why Geddy Lee is certain Led Zeppelin was never a heavy metal band

Lee also describes seeing the band in the early ’70s.

Tyler Golsen
Sep 11, 2024
Ronnie James Dio - Black Sabbath - Singer - 2009

‘Hear N’ Aid’: The heavy metal answer to ‘We Are the World’

A strange choice for a charity single.

Ben Forrest
Sep 1, 2024
Ozzy Osbourne - 2021 - Solo

Ozzy Osbourne names Black Sabbath’s “most kick-ass” song

The heaviest of Black Sabbath.

Tyler Golsen
Aug 19, 2024
Metallica - 1984

“The sound of a band really gelling”: The Metallica album Kirk Hammett considers their “peak”

The guitarist reflects on Metallica’s golden era of metal domination.

Jordan Potter
Aug 16, 2024
Black Sabbath - 1970

How Jethro Tull inspired Black Sabbath to create their debut album

Tony Iommi learned a crucial lesson from Ian Anderson’s prog group.

Jordan Potter
Aug 1, 2024
Tom Petty. Faengslet, Horsens, Denmark - 2012

The genre Tom Petty considered boring: “It all sounds alike to me”

Loud but with nothing to say.

Tim Coffman
Jul 4, 2024
Shepherds Reign- The cult heroes of Polynesian heavy metal

Shepherds Reign: The cult heroes of Polynesian heavy metal

Mixing tribal influences with heavy metal.

Jordan Potter
Jun 12, 2024
Pete Townshend, The Who - 1966

Did The Who’s ‘Live at Leeds’ really invent heavy metal?

One of the most influential live albums of all time.

Jordan Potter
May 26, 2024
Bob Dylan, Bournemouth, UK - June, 2006

The unlikely genre Bob Dylan called “the other side of heavy metal”

A bold claim.

Ben Forrest
Apr 1, 2024
John Candy - Actor - 1989

‘Heavy Metal’: the R-rated animation featuring John Candy

Playing firmly against type.

Scott Campbell
Mar 13, 2024

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