Then, in the 1980s and into the 1990s, artists like Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, Savatage, and especially Dream Theater essentially melded those prog rock attributes with the fiercer attitudes of heavy ...

The 2025 touring circuit just keeps getting richer with another 24 new rock and metal tours announced over this past week. That's not including the festivals, cruises and specialty shows that were ...

And the ethos between heavy metal and punk rock created an ethical dilemma. He said that the “music married well to make the festival crowds go absolutely bananas.” But Morello said it also ...

The start of spring, income taxes and some of the biggest rock and metal albums is what the month of April is all about. We tracked down the biggest album of all-time released each day in April ...

An introduction to some of the women that broke down barriers in the heavy metal and hard rock music scenes. You can count the pioneering women musicians in heavy metal and hard rock on two hands.

We’ve all known this album was a banger since its release, but Opeth‘s most recent full-length effort The Last Will & Testament received some pretty high honors last night by taking home the “Best ...

A rock band ... Other banners in the arena, including for the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, were undamaged and are still hanging in the rafters. Disturbed is a heavy metal band that formed ...

Prog and Metal Hammer partner with post-rock and prog metal event Pelagic Fest which takes place in Maastricht in August When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

All of this kept Black Sabbath in the crosshairs of worried parents, who saw them as the embodiment of heavy metal’s threat – a reputation the band wore like a badge of honor as pioneers of the genre.

Bay of Islands’ metal band Skumlord is one of the acts at this year’s Kaitāia MetalFest 4 in May. Far North heavy metal fans are in for a treat with a top line-up of acts booked for Kaitāia ...