FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- What are heavy metals? The answer depends upon who you ask. A metallurgist would define heavy metals based upon the density of the material. A physicist would classify them by ...

Heavy metal music has become a niche genre to an extent. While there are a couple of bands that have broken into the mainstream and garnered wide appeal, the majority of heavy metal bands seemingly ...

Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing recalls having a revelation at some point in the mid-Seventies. “I looked across at my bandmates and thought, ‘What the hell are they wearing?'” he tells ...

Documentary on the origins, on heavy metal from bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden, who helped to define heavy metal in its early years, including some other bands like Kiss, AC/DC ...

Rock critics usually define “heavy metal” music as guitar-based, riff-heavy rock and roll. Most music critics, this one included, would argue that heavy metal music is best personified by Led Zeppelin ...