From Anthrax to Watain, they’ll muzzleload the amps, and they’ll all pull the shades on the sweet sunshine of Île Ste-Hélène and invoke Samhain in midsummer. Even Mephistopheles wants Freedom 55. Hey, ...

Oh, the woe of influencing anyone else. To look out at the world, to listen and hear that the music you’ve made has inspired someone should be beautiful and affirming, a sign that you created a new ...

The death of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne this July, and the huge reaction it provoked worldwide, represented ...

No longer ignored by summer festival promoters, Tucson will play host to the inaugural Gigantour–the metal festival created by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine—this Friday at Casino del Sol’s AVA. Why ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

If you saw Black Sabbath's first ever gig, you wouldn't have recognised greatness. Back in 1968, they had the decidedly less sinister name of The Polka Tulk Blues Band, and came complete with a ...