Here are 25 rock and metal bands you might not know, but will in 2025. It's no secret — being a new (or new-ish) band means putting yourself, your music, your ambition and all your hopes and dreams, ...

How well do you know your metal subgenres? We're not talking about obvious thrash titans like Slayer and Anthrax, or classic heavy metal stalwarts like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. No, we're asking ...

Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

When they first stepped onto the rock scene in the early 1970s, few would probably guess KISS would still be rocking today–50 years later. An eye-grabbing group with their painted faces and flamboyant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

"Hair metal" is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category know it. That said, the pejorative phrase serves a purpose here. Critics ...

Black metal as a musical form of expression in Japan goes back second only to Europe. Bands like Sabbat and Bellzlleb emerged in the mid-80s with a sound and look which both borrowed from their Euro ...

With one of the longest histories of any civilized country, there is a lot to both unpack and be inspired by when it comes to the metal bands blooming inside of Peru. Out of the 34 million people in ...

If you look at your favorite metal band’s list of influences, you’re probably going to see Black Sabbath somewhere in the mix. They were one of the first truly heavy bands and inspired countless ...