To many people, the mention of metal or heavy music brings to mind venues full of guys with beards, long hair, and patch-covered vests. While the metal world is indisputably male-dominated, many women ...

Middle school was an odd time for me. As I’m sure most angsty preteens do, I struggled to define the boundaries between who I was and who I was not. And most often, that struggle manifested in my ...

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 ...

Eyes Set To Kill, Viridescent, Stitched Up Heart and Lauren Babic are no longer exceptions to the rule - they’re remaking the genre’s sound, aesthetics and narratives.

Here are 10 one-woman black metal bands you need to know about. From Onielar, helmswoman of Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult and Bethlehem, to Sarcana, ex-Gehenna’s “Spell Trilogy” keyboardist, there ...

Thrash metal trio Voice of Baceprot have come a long way since their teen years attending an Islamic school in Indonesia, where they first discovered System of a Down on a teacher’s computer and fell ...

Once the bassist for an all-female heavy metal band, Mikaela Mayer is now a unified boxing champion in two weight classes. Mikaela Mayer (L) with a left hook during the WBA, WBC and WBO ...

Here are 10 metal singers who’d be amazing in other metal bands! Having the right vocalist(s) is essential to a band’s chemistry and success. Regardless of if they’re an original member or a ...

Politics and music aren’t miles apart, with musicians frequently using their craft to engage with prescient issues, raise awareness for causes close to their hearts, or protest injustices in the world ...