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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 ...

Poppy's new album I Disagree (out Friday, Jan. 10) might exhibit characteristics closer to heavy metal than her previous work. But that doesn't mean the singer herself calls it metal music. Poppy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. US Band Knocked Loose performs on stage during the Heavy Metal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heavy metal music has become a niche genre to an extent. While there are a couple of bands that have broken into the mainstream and garnered wide appeal, the majority of heavy metal bands seemingly ...

“We are here to make coffee metal,” Nathan Explosion (Brendon Small) growls in the premiere of the mid-2000s’ Adult Swim series, Metalocalypse. “We will make everything metal. Blacker than the ...

Lou Reed's relationship with the rock 'n' roll press was never an easy one. After the release of Metal Machine Music in July 1975, it was much, much worse. Time hasn't healed, salvaged, redeemed or ...