we bring you just a few songs that inspired heavy metal. What was the lumpen, stomping riff that opened “Purple Haze” – and who was the madman who delivered this dissonant racket to the ...

Where does metal music come from and how did it get its name? In a technical sense, heavy metal was born in 1839. It’s a chemistry term describing a loosely connected set of metals defined as ...

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 ...

Imagine, as a lark, putting together a heavy metal band with the goal of “destroying [Punjabi] pop songs.” Imagine picking “Tunak Tunak Tun,” a late ‘90s smash by the pop singer Daler ...

True baseball fans know that a good walk up song can set the tone for an entire game, and keep the crowd humming for all nine ...

“Heavy Rock ... post-garage proto-metal, and more often than not, the music knocked me out. These too were largely overlooked, even barely known bands, and judging by the songs RidingEasy ...

Today, we consider most "hair metal" bands hard rock bands that had a glamorous aesthetic in the '80s. But back then, people and the media definitely referred to them as metal bands. It's just that ...

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