Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Few contemporary artists have shaped an entire genre the way ...

It may be hard to believe, but Jason Newsted has now been a former member of Metallica almost as long as he was a member of the legendary band. After departing in 2001, he explored other musical ...

A recent study has posited that listening to heavy metal is actually good for the mental health of fans of the genre. The results fly in the face of past thinking that caused a moral panic around the ...

Metal can be a pretty polarizing musical genre, and fans often get a bad rap for listening to it because of how intense it sounds. But there are loads of benefits to listening to music, and it turns ...

Music can be a key factor in expressing emotions. When people think of heavy metal music, they often associate it with negative feelings like anger, hatred, or shame. Yet, when it comes to the ...

Sure, heavy metal music has a history. But could heavy metal music be history? With inspirations ranging from ancient Egypt and Rome to the American Revolution, and even World War II, a number of ...

Last week, I went to see King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard perform in Los Angeles after missing them in Austin amid the Levitation cancellation kerfuffle. With the show scheduled at the Teragram -- one ...

Metal has been treated as the musical outcast of society for as long as it’s existed. But despite mainstream judgment that’s often cast it as the unwanted outsider, interest in metal has grown ...

Here experimental music ensemble Zeitkratzer offer an interpretation of Lou Reed's noise opus Metal Machine Music. Scoring the crazed feedback for strings and horns, they offer a new way to hear ...

Forget wild and chaotic behaviour, heavy metal music culture is inclusive and governed by etiquette and codes of conduct, according to new UCL research. After several years on the road, touring with a ...