Formed in Newcastle in 1978, Venom played heavy metal that was faster ... Venom also likely contributed to the '80s Satanic Panic with songs like "In League With Satan," which made it clear ...

“Everyone in our circle was listening to a lot of West Coast hip hop, and a lot of that stuff was real minor key and dark ...

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GWAR add a hardcore punk flare to their thrash metal on new single "Lot Lizard." It's our Heavy Song of the Week.

Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P., heavy metal front man best known for mock-torturing women onstage, has some thoughts about ...

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 ...

Metallica 's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." ...

Metal is a genre known for lyrics that delve into dark or taboo subject matter. Fans of the genre are no strangers to songs about death, religion, war, demons, or other topics that songwriters in ...

The best heavy metal producers of all time are the unsung heroes of the genre. They are the ones who helped pull out the best… ...

The Saxon frontman takes Hammer reader's questions - and definitively answers whether Vikings or Saxons would win in a fight ...

The album had songs like “Breaking the Law” that ... The case of this band is quite interesting because they went from heavy metal to a more pop-oriented sound. A few years later, most kids in the 80s ...

joining the New Wave of British Heavy Metal alongside bands like Judas Priest and Girlschool. Songs like “Hell Hath No Fury” and “The Party Never Ends” captured 80s fans, along with ...