It’s a rare thing for a cover song to outdo the impact of the original, and this is especially true in heavy metal music. Metal bands love taking pop megahits or olden classics and making them ...

Offering a glimpse into the imaginations of heavy metal titans ... And Dragons fame – a concurrent theme in metal cover art and metal music videos. With its unforgettable chilling riffs and ...

A big riff or two doesn’t hurt either. Even if you don’t count “Immigrant Song” as strictly heavy metal, it’s clearly one of the great hard rock songs of the 70s and inspired countless ...

Bad weather is upon us, but its unlike any metal fan to let go of music in these turbulent times. While we try and brace ...

The outrageous and outspoken Gene Simmons formed KISS in New York, 1973. The hard rock band went on to sell over 100 million records worldwide and become highly influential, making The Demon of ...

The cover song: its something that appeals to musicians ... is to highlight the very best covers of classic rock hits by ...

The 1980s saw an explosion of different styles of heavy metal… from thrash to death metal, glam, black metal and more. Bands ...

Don’t judge a record by its cover – some great music has been smuggled within awful designs. Here are the 12 ugliest ...

A music festival in Florida, Shell Shock II, has lost their headliner and dozens of other bands after announcing Kyle ...

Having released their self-titled debut album last year, the sacrilegious, salacious heavy-metal nuns in DOGMA are back with a fiery cover of the perfect pop song for them: Madonna's sacrilegious and ...

The new issue of Metal Hammer is a tasty smorgasbord of heavy metal brilliance, with everyone from Poppy to Opeth to Sleep ...