Listening to non-metal versions of heavy metal songs is especially interesting. Heaviness and speed are two things attracting fans to bands like Iron Maiden or Slayer. It’s also what keeps some music ...

Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure of going out into the real world to touch some grass, fire up the ol’ camera, and get some in-person reactions to some of today’s more extreme metal bands.

Here are Ihsahn's 10 favorite non-metal artists. Even early on in the musician's career with black metal icons Emperor, Ihsahn demonstrated an attraction to music outside of the ironclad confines of ...

The world outside of metal is a little like mold — no matter how well you seal yourself in, it’ll find a way to come oozing through the cracks in your veneer and infect everything. Metalheads pride ...