These metal bands took the sound Black Sabbath created and ran with it, creating a subgenre filled with heavy riffs and dark lyrics.

Viral Metal Band Forced to Put Tour on Hold After Protests originally appeared on Parade. Pentagram proved that it sometimes takes fifty years to be an overnight sensation.

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have ...

Viral Metal Band Forced to Put Tour on Hold After Protests first appeared on Parade on Jul 21, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 21, 2025, where it first appeared.

Paul Ledney, drummer and vocalist of New York-based black metal band Profanatica has sold a vial of his semen at the merch table during a recent shows, dropping the original price significantly.

A Christian glam metal band has confirmed that its guitarist will sit out their upcoming Latin America tour on the advice of his doctor.

A doom metal band was supposed to tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time ever soon, but protests over the lead singer's criminal past have ended that.

The riffs may fade and the hair may flatten, but these videos have remained burned into pop culture for good.

Then, in a hilarious post featuring the four clips on X on July 14th, 2025, the staff wrote the caption, "Any heavy metal bands looking for a vocalist?" ...