Heavy Metal

Mastodon exposes its inner prog

Metallica's Hetfield Hospitalized, Spinal Tap Rolls On

Metallica.comTime to Turn the Page? Metallica's James Hetfield New Music Express has reported that that Metallica's James Hetfield was hospitalized for "a stomach bug and dehydration," forcing a cancellation of a March 8 Stockholm show .This latest health-related incident parallels a similar incid ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Rob Metal

You think you're metal? You, with your Wasteland-purchased Slayer shirt and ironic use of devil horns? Dude, you're not metal. Because if you're just gonna hit up DJ Rob Metal with requests off Reign in Blood, you might as well go back to Britney. Rob Metal knows his stuff. He knows the difference b ... More >>

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2008

By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers ... More >>

Metallica: Metal heroes once more

Metallica

Death Magnetic (Warner Bros.)

Judas Priest plods through history

Torche: metal with a big pop buzz

A heavy metal snob separates the shredders from the posers

Iron Maiden and R.E.M. battle to transport fans back in time

Oakland Metal Titans Saviours Are the Real Deal

Danzig Breaks Shoulder, Still to Rock SF

Metalocalypse Takes an Adult Swim in Blood

Metalocalypse Takes an Adult Swim in Blood

Megadeth

United Abominations (Roadrunner)

Roses and Thorns

The Aqua-Net hold of hair metal

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Reign in blood and BBQ at Slayer in San Jose

Satan's Pilgrims

Oakland's Saviours shepherd hell-bent thrash into a new era

The slippery side of Matthew Barney and Saviours

Band of Brothers

Presenting the 27-year career of Stone Vengeance, the most ass-kickin' metal band ever to come out of Bayview-Hunters Point

Reinventing the Steel

Could Early Man, a quartet from hip NYC signed to Matador Records, be the savior of real-deal metal?

Heady Metal

Headbanging for Jesus!

Infiltrator gets booked on a Christian talk show

Time for Sharing

Hardcore metal and the shows that make it great

The Elephant Men

Mastodon's monstrous metal is just breaking the surface

The Black Metal Arts

This town has one of the most thriving metal scenes in the world. Local faves Ludicra offer tips on how to cash in on that action.

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Hot Dark Metal Revival

Forget Black Sabbath. Don't even mention The Darkness. Dirty Power will lead the hard rock revolution to come.

Right Now

Older, wiser, and a little less drunk, Sammy Hagar and Van Halen trudge on

Metal as Anything

Ozzfest's success is a testament to the enduring popularity of the music

Black Sabbath

Black Box -- The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978

The Art of Reuniting

Once upon a time, S.F.'s Death Angel was poised to bring thrash metal to the mainstream. Then its bus crashed. Now the band is back to finish the job.

House of Tudor

Rap-metal prodigy Schäffer the Darklord plays his swan song (as if you cared).

Hear This

For rock that actually rocks, check out the brutal sounds of Sweden's Opeth

Letters to the Editor

Week of February 5, 2003

And Justice for a Few

Metallica gets intimate

Bad to The Bone

With an unorthodox take on classic rock, The Bone has become the Bay Area's newest radio sensation

The Red Menace

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Fanfare for the Common Band

Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony play the Berkeley Community Theater for two nights, and for what?

Fast and Frightening

Air Canada

Behind his back, Kevin Dabbs' home-brew tape of his air drumming has drawn a growing cult in San Francisco

Thirty-two years of Satan in popular culture

Hear This

Reviews

Inane Asylum

The fans hit the shit at Tim McQuaid's Fan Asylum

Battle Hymns

Bouncers vs. fans as Slayer pounds the Troc: A field log

Recordings

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