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Some bands liksuch ase Metallica and Megadeth have chosen the more serious route when recording cover songs over the years.

It was at the impressionable age of 13 that David Sanchez discovered Metallica. His life has revolved around thrash metal ever since. “It struck a chord and inspired me right away to pick up a guitar, ...

Heavy metal is more popular than pop music according to 2015 Spotify stats, the fastest-growing music genre in the world according to a 2019 report from TuneCore, and though some people think extreme ...

The 1980s was a prime decade for heavy metal music. From Metallica to Black Sabbath, and many others in between, bands were firing on all cylinders. The decade gave the genre some of its biggest hits, ...

Susan Smith and Vicki King started a regular heavy metal karaoke night during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when bands ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...