heavy-metal
The Place Where Men Go to Emo Scream Their Pain Away
‘I’ve had quite a few rough days at work in the past few weeks, and screaming to my favorite music helped me get through it’
‘Nothing Else Matters’ Was the Moment Metallica Stopped Caring About Selling Out
Over their career, the thrash-metal veterans have been derided for courting mainstream success. But this power ballad’s enduring popularity is tied to the fact that it’s a song about not worrying what the world thinks of you
The Very Metal Ballad of Billy Mays III
Under his nomme de Bandcamp, Infinite Third, the son of the late, great television pitchman is shredding his way to his own legacy
The Unabashed Male Beauty (and Sexism) of ’80s Hard Rock
Authors Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock discuss their exhaustive oral history ‘Nothin’ But a Good Time’ and how hair metal’s party-hearty ethos reflects the Reagan era and still speaks to fans
