Their drummer, Paul Whaley. If there is one thing that a true heavy metal band needs it is a really solid drummer. All bands that have been revered as iconic hard rock/heavy metal bands have ...

New bands formed out of a love for Kiss and Black Sabbath but also Minor Threat, Fugazi, and Bad Brains. And the ethos between heavy metal and punk rock created an ethical dilemma. He said that ...

Judas Priest - Take on the World (BBC Performance) Soon every heavy metal outfit in the UK and across the pond would be sporting studs and military caps with bullwhips in hand. While bands and ...

But this pursuit is what also inadvertently brought me head-to-head with metal ... “Heavy Rock from the American Comedown Era,” as RidingEasy describes it. In purely musical terms, these bands ...

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In that regard, that also helped to scare parents at the time. The heavy riffs and screechy vocals made for a terrifying combo. In many ways, Venom changed the game for extreme metal bands as a whole.

Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Midnight for their hometown ...

From the moment I discovered the UK masked metal outfit around their 2017 EP Two, I was impressed with their ability to leap from soulful verses to soul-crushingly heavy bludgeonings ... So, below, ...