Blind Guardian’s 1988 debut Battalions Of Fear delivered fast riffs, fantasy themes, and early power metal energy that still ...

The ambitious doom metal masterpiece almost never saw the light of day.

If there's one thing I respect in this fallen world anymore, it's commitment to a bit. Jim's Music Dungeon on YouTube is Knee ...

FARGO — In her 40-year career, violinist Rachel Barton Pine has played all kinds of music, from classical to folk, Celtic, rock, jazz and even heavy metal. Still, she’s always looking for something ...

The once-maligned genre of nu metal has since been re-evaluated as the important, influential, unique moment for music and culture that it always was, and it’s been everywhere lately, so we’ve been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though goth metal is a tiny niche in the U.S. ― easily topped by Evanescence, playing the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater on Sept. 11 ...

Pop might be an icky word for heavy metal diehards. But remember, “pop” is just short for popular. And if you’re favorite band sells millions of records, then they are, by definition, popular. History ...

When Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen made his debut with the Sacalifornia composers Francisco Symphony last year, he wanted to do something different. So, for his symphony piece, titled “Drowned in Light ...

The year 1984 was one of the greatest in heavy metal history. Some might argue the greatest. A cornucopia of genre styles and creative breakthroughs led to a mainstream explosion that would dominate ...