Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...

It struck an emotional chord. A head-banging bride and groom found a way to amp up their “most heavy metal wedding ever” — by exchanging electric guitars instead of “crappy” rings. Unblushing bride ...

When Eddie Van Halen called Tony Iommi the master of riffs, he wasn’t just whistling “Dixie.” Master riffmeister Iommi’s back story, rise to legendary status, and his influence on the New Wave of ...

Ragne Wahlquist's memorial service in Stockholm last month had all the solemnity (and the stacked guest list) of a state funeral. Wahlquist, who for nearly 50 years led the heavy metal institution ...

If you saw Black Sabbath's first ever gig, you wouldn't have recognised greatness. Back in 1968, they had the decidedly less sinister name of The Polka Tulk Blues Band, and came complete with a ...

The death of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne this July, and the huge reaction it provoked worldwide, represented ...