This year, we saw everything from metal bands conquering the charts to the loss of the biggest metal legend of them all. With ...

Consequence's list of the Best Metal & Hard Rock Songs of 2025 includes standout tracks from Puscifer, Deafheaven, The Pretty ...

Deafheaven is Consequence's 2025 Heavy Band of the Year, and frontman George Clarke talks Lonely People with Power, black metal, and new music.

What could have been a silly story about the Monday night karaoke band at Dante’s instead captures Portland at a pivotal crossroads.

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

It was in July 2018 when Beaver Dam Amphitheater debuted its first “Rock the DAM” concert, bringing in the likes of Skid Row, Great White and Vixen. For Heath Eric, chief executive officer of The Eric ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these five hair metal bands shows that some groups managed to adapt to the times ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The mysterious musical entity known as Sleep Token held a “ritual” Saturday night at Rocket Arena for a sold-out crowd of rapt “worshippers.” The crowd reveled in the anonymous UK ...

Brent Hinds, the co-founder of Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died after being injured in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta. He was 51. “We are in a state of unfathomable sadness ...

Groups like Ghost and Sleep Token are prioritizing lore and musicianship — and demonstrating how niche fandoms can take an act to the top of the charts. By Hank Shteamer In July, near the end of a ...

Those who know me well know that two things I love are the Supreme Court and heavy metal (not necessarily in that order). So this column asks the obvious question: What heavy metal band would each ...

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...