<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Hevay-metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/tag/hevay-metal Wed, 20 May 2026 11:07:27 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "Their fans live, breathe and die for them, and that is my dream." Why Lady Gaga loves Iron Maiden ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-story-of-lady-gaga-and-iron-maiden H68toHNmG4Zd3LPnV3kaTY Wed, 20 May 2026 11:07:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would have liked to have not chopped the ends of my fingers off. It became a burden”: The Devil, the blues and a factory accident – the story of the Black Sabbath song that kicked off heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-sabbath-story-behind-self-titled-song 95oKbnp6n94j5YnQxpuXHT Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:16:46 +0000 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:19:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With the success came all the trappings and we tried every one of them. The drugs, the travel, the women. Our lives were forever changed”: The chaotic story of Black Sabbath, the band who did more than anyone to invent heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-sabbath-history-metal-band-interview-2012 shG5Pmvu8vaT6oUAqV5z25 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Desperate to master “the art of growling”? This Dutch university offers degrees in heavy metal music. Seriously. ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/dutch-university-heavy-metal-degree-2025 UGNbfbSDgN55p9ges3u7ya Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:07:29 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's journalistic complacency and claptrap." Robert Plant never liked the idea of Led Zeppelin being labelled a heavy metal band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-labelled-heavy-metal GuJsJRpy8di3WX5gXHs9YK Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:52:58 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was in the hallway with Slipknot and I got screamed at." Vended might have big links to heavy metal royalty, but that doesn't mean they're getting an easy ride ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/vended-feature-2024 zNheF8b9SazyKMWMmVujJP Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Metal is more of a brotherhood than any kind of music." Slayer's Kerry King hails the inclusivity of heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/metal-is-more-of-a-brotherhood-than-any-kind-of-music-slayers-kerry-king-hails-the-inclusivity-of-heavy-metal cFK55y7N4oU92yn9Za9XVW Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:45:53 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The whole thing is still as sick as ever." Slipknot put on 2024's biggest heavy metal nostalgia party in Manchester ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/slipknot-manchester-review-2024 3awRevZd6tmszXGaXPWXjh Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:33:36 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ The history of heavy metal to be explored in new documentary series 'Into the Void' ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-history-of-heavy-metal-to-be-explored-in-new-documentary-series-into-the-void uWv4ZUngiy5tvPDLQs4tTd Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:43:57 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got so tired of all these different hybrid categories, I created my own”: Ice-T names the one thing he’d change about heavy metal if he could ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/what-ice-t-would-change-about-heavy-metal-2024 NedaKKtXVQmSBRx8TsL7JP Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:34:11 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slipknot, Ghost, Nightwish, Gojira and more star in Metal Hammer's blockbuster end of year issue, which comes with an Iron Maiden Powerslave patch, a Nightwish notebook and a 2025 heavy metal calendar ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/metal-hammer-end-of-year-issue-2024 fXxFZkJZbdhvzdUQTddggP Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:56:54 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is gonna be epic!" Heavy metal royalty Saxon will play their classic album Wheels Of Steel in full on UK and Ireland tour next year ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/saxon-uk-tour-2025 5ksMd89jsKprynBXjejoca Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:07:38 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The most psychedelic trip you’ll ever have sober”: Baroness, Graveyard and Pallbearer conquer adversity to give London a heavy metal high ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/baroness-graveyard-pallbearer-live-review-london-2024 wqKacznb6p2GVwRaJcRZFP Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:33:24 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is a chance to own a piece of history!” Fancy owning a window pane from Iron Maiden's Ed Force One plane? Check out the Heavy Metal Truants' latest charity auction, but be quick, as it closes before midnight ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/heavy-metal-truants-charity-auction-2024 WamGhgXhMuhVkL2WEGYwRB Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:23:50 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Fifty years in, they still set the bar." Judas Priest bring heavy metal heaven to Aftershock with a set that's all killer, no filler ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/judas-priest-aftershock-2024 cbkNr97tJ9dXMsU2Z9EPPh Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:59:58 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A true celebration of heavy metal greatness." Arch Enemy, In Flames and Soilwork bring melodeath magic to the Hammersmith Apollo ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/in-flames-arch-enemy-london-2024 urRtTGtZy9ypLVB99mehpE Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:27:24 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They actually asked Judas Priest to write music for it. We saw it and decided to avoid it like the plague”: The inside story of Rock Star, Hollywood’s infamous attempt to make a heavy metal movie ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/rock-star-story-behind-the-movie YJTZpQPGqoXsiLuyXLeT9a Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:00:46 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This renaissance of heavy metal is worldwide": From Gojira at the Olympics to crazed teenage fans, Rob Halford is incredibly excited about the state of heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/rob-halford-invincible-shield-tour-interview NpmDbuFxE6FmNgVe5YHtQn Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:36:16 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Megadeth drummer hits out at fashion brand for "stealing" heavy metal imagery ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/megadeth-drummer-hits-out-at-fashion-brand-for-stealing-heavy-metal-imagery G7wDRXsxubm2WRaFK6E4FY Thu, 12 Sep 2024 01:23:59 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The crowd was booing us and spitting on us, the entire set”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy remembers being bullied by his heavy metal idols ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/trivium-matt-heafy-remembers-metal-idols-bullying-2024 N4KZ27NmHtXbSwHg63SWFY Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:20:07 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Africa is the future of metal." Meet Arka’n Asrafokor, Togo's first heavy metal band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/arkan-asrafokor-introducing-feature tCxo2TwD5N9ti9fXrxhdGK Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:12:04 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hammerfall singer doesn’t like being called ‘power metal’: “I think heavy metal is enough” ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/hammerfall-joacim-cans-distances-from-power-metal-2024 GbMqARmdFBgWcYJ6nWyXwh Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:46:33 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ As if 2024 couldn't get any more bizarre, someone has recorded a heavy metal tribute to the Hawk Tuah Girl ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/hawk-tuah-girl-heavy-metal-tribute mh5UHr6ogH42hmoGXu3ANj Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:15:22 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Their music means so much to us”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett names the band he considers the “architects” of heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/metallica-kirk-hammett-names-architects-of-heavy-metal UcqUhpZWbtU3s6fTYKGdNK Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:39:21 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are five million disgraceful heavy metal bands. What’s the point of being just another Metallica imitator?”: how Avenged Sevenfold took on the haters with their epic fourth album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/avenged-sevenfold-interview-2007 WespXtHNgomVRNdqTgfQCY Sat, 08 Jun 2024 17:56:59 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was very British, but it shot round the world. It changed music": How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/nwobhm-oral-history FdLAAmXtBBA2mR9M2zbgRb Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:22:29 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ In the wake of the Heysel Stadium disaster, the stars of heavy metal came together to raise money for the victims in the only way they knew: via a power ballad ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-european-team-sports-alive VwxuetwwQQakNMLq4uWegY Tue, 04 Jun 2024 04:43:47 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ 9 heavy metal stars who made it big with their first band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/9-heavy-metal-stars-who-made-it-big-with-their-first-band SxCmwKs6w7YsuV4VSnySkY Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:04:20 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Kurt Cobain was one of my absolute first idols." Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas talks horror movies, heavy metal and cosplaying as a Nirvana icon ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/5-mins-with-spencer-charnas v7UjVijjdZiCkdHtyFuFHc Wed, 29 May 2024 12:40:54 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was so drunk, slurring and forgetting lyrics and everything": The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/us-festival-1983 9LHhd5ZncVfkW89vBPvqbh Tue, 28 May 2024 02:43:39 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Dark Superstition is the moment where Gatecreeper become a more well-rounded and versatile heavy metal band." Gatecreeper confirm their status as one of the most exciting bands in death metal with album three ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/gatecreeper-dark-superstition 3rHhBGrABUKaCGb79mqVrb Thu, 16 May 2024 10:29:23 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:31:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Def Leppard's Joe Elliott has a problem with the "silly, silly term" that is heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/def-leppards-joe-elliott-has-a-problem-with-the-silly-silly-term-that-is-heavy-metal B6gfgx5iX2g5CemqsimAEU Sat, 11 May 2024 21:18:41 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As far as the 80s are concerned, we’re in for some very good heavy metal years”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford predicted the future of metal in 1979 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/judas-priest-rob-halford-heavy-metal-80s-prediction-interview-1979 49Metx4sDKATsqwTNa3CKM Tue, 07 May 2024 15:28:45 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has no fears over the future of heavy metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-has-no-fears-over-the-future-of-heavy-metal wYE8RPsPo9tayV2Y3t5kKd Mon, 06 May 2024 01:05:51 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I went, 'I just don't know if my fans are gonna get it.'" How Slayer legend Kerry King ended up guesting on Sum 41's pop punk anthem What We're All About in one of the most unlikely heavy metal cameos ever ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/kerry-king-talks-sum-41-cameo sRu78zT5tsFCu2RtLUigRH Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:37:32 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was like, 'This stuff is Undertaker music!'" WWE World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest on the many ways that heavy metal changed his life ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/damian-priest-wwe-interview-2024 CCRAnqyngAqkE7hTdE3qxT Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:10:42 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We wore silly hats, but in those days, you did silly things”: Listen to the doo-wop bands Ronnie James Dio sang in before becoming a metal star with Black Sabbath and Rainbow ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/dio-doo-wop-bands ogo2omAv2kCRBFVBnv7Qcg Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:04:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You couldn’t go to an MMA show without hearing this one about 10 times in a night." The ultimate heavy metal gym playlist, by Kris Barras ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/kris-barras-band-metal-gym-playlist VLUPv3fCXJ3bBgHhSgBGRf Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:34:58 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m always ready for a kitty cat!” We gave Judas Priest legend Rob Halford a load of kittens to play with and asked him about heavy metal, becoming a gay icon and (sort of) being Dolly Parton's BFF ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/judas-priest-metal-hammer-interview-2024 ZqDSgTpZCHHsQ8npEygYhQ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:00:37 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ From Ozzy Osbourne and the British Bulldogs to Edge's legendary Slayer entrance, here are 12 times heavy metal ruled WWE's biggest show, Wrestlemania ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/12-times-metal-ruled-wwe-wrestlemania kxVvSUMfX4CEzvWgeXBvCP Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:09:52 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I think we need more people that can say, ‘I’m sober and that doesn’t make me less of a metal fan.’” Meet the people behind Raven Records, London's new heavy metal record store, coffee joint and, uniquely, alcohol-free bar ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/raven-records-interview-2024 d4riv4mnfwikh9HqR2CN2g Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:12:02 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "She goes, 'I love your beard' and starts to clean it!" What happened when country icon Dolly Parton met Judas Priest frontman and heavy metal legend, Rob Halford ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/rob-halford-meets-dolly-parton aTobSqnRMqQ7fvgK6HiBi6 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:06:04 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Before Deathgasm, whenever movies needed a bully, they put them in an Anthrax t-shirt": One of the best heavy metal movies ever is getting a sequel, and it's going to be even more bloody, messy... and metal (of course) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/deathgasm-2-interview-jason-howden-matt-heafy Cg9yZHgEWLtV3bbe8YuzYD Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:46:20 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We weren’t tempted to pursue that particular avenue, no. Led Zeppelin did it much better than us”: the Pink Floyd song that made Nick Mason realise they would have been a “terrible” heavy metal band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/pink-floyd-nick-mason-nile-song zeUGgLcF6Pgx56sirHRGHF Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:31:31 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We invented the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal as a joke”: how Chimaira bounced back from the edge of oblivion with Resurrection ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/chimaira-resurrection-album-interview hQxEH9g9MkMJE3iDGLLbQc Sat, 09 Mar 2024 11:49:38 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch actor Mark Benton win almost £10,000 on The Celebrity Weakest Link - and donate it all to the ultimate heavy metal charity, The Heavy Metal Truants ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/weakest-link-heavy-metal-truants iSNF3L8gpTaq5c32znpqPm Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:22:15 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 best heavy metal songs about Godzilla (and other Toho monsters, too) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-best-heavy-metal-songs-about-godzilla-and-other-toho-monsters-too SAJUEUxv2yz7u7NWwaRfqm Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:04:38 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 strangest places heavy metal bands have performed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/strangest-places-metal-bands-performed dEBm6aHKTs6SgcL7QtwQRZ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:36:36 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:33:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 heavy metal bands that wouldn’t be the same without Dune ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/metal-bands-not-same-without-dune uWWYnnrH5WYXUGvprq2nHD Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:58:18 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 greatest heavy metal power trios ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/greatest-metal-trios mqjwh9b7YFnKvUinJyxrXa Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:51:32 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:45 +0000