Conrad Lant, the frontman for Venom, took the stage name Cronos, pioneered black metal and more or less made Satan a sideman.

Known as the loudest band around, this group helped invent heavy metal as much as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin did, but ...

Who says headbanging can't pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...

Top 20 Greatest Metal Bands of All Time Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most successful and influential groups in the history of metal music. Thrash and death ...

Venom, the heavy metal band the singer founded in 1995, announced his death in a Facebook post. He was 63. No cause of death was provided for Cronos, whose birth name was Conrad Lant. “It is with ...

Revisiting comments from The Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan on how Led Zeppelin created the "blueprints" which helped ...

You might not know these rock and metal bands, but you should by the end of 2026. From hard rock to hardcore, nearly every subgenre of rock and metal is seeing a surge of new acts that deserve to be ...

Twenty four new shows in 11 new countries across Europe have been added to the German heavy metal band Accept's upcoming 50th anniversary tour. The tour — which is set to take place toward the end of ...

The term “sellout” gets thrown around a lot, especially in the heavy metal community, but it feels so much more nuanced than its use. But… I do agree that Metallica did make a lot of changes that ...

I don’t remember the first time I drank whiskey. I’d almost bet real money, however, that it happened while I was hanging out with my high school friend Justin, listening to heavy metal. (I’m not as ...

Budgie is the poster child for a list like this. The iconic Welsh rock band was heavy when few other bands were ready to get that heavy back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their very first album, ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Paul Mario Day went on to sing for heavy metal stars, More and Wildfire, and glam rock trailblazers Sweet. Michael Putland/Getty Images Paul Mario Day, the ...