Founded among the steel mills of Birmingham, England in 1968, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward formed what would arguably become the greatest heavy metal band of all time. Initially a heavy blues rock band named Earth, the band took occult and ...

Formed in California in the mid-'90s, System of a Down delivers a thrilling mix of thrash metal, sharp lyrics and unusual melodies. The music of System of a Down, which is full of powerful guitar work and vicious screams, has been compared to Korn and other performers of heavy, genre-defying roc...

Formed in 2006 while all of its bandmembers were attending high school in Lodi, CA, A Skylit Drive quickly established a familiar post-hardcore sound, combining the aggression of screamo with the pop-leaning aspects of emo. The sextet released its debut EP, She Watched the Sky, in 2007 on Tragic...

For 30 years Anthrax has been bringing the noise and treating ticket buyers to aggressive, fist-pumping music. Blistering guitars and double-pedal drums are only the beginning. Anthrax combines elements of punk, funk, hardcore and rap into their sound, and its stage presence on tour is more frat par...

FEAR IN CONCERT:LA hardcore punk pioneers Fear have been shaking up audiences with their snarling attitude, breakneck anthems, and wild on-stage antics since the late ‘70s. The band’s aggressive, controversial 1981 performance on Saturday Night Live launched them from underground popularity to natio...

FALLING IN REVERSE IN CONCERT:Post-hardcore band Falling in Reverse combines the heavy-rocking aggression of frontman Ronnie Radke with hip-hop elements inspired by Radke's love of rap classics like Dr. Dre's The Chronic. The result is an unexpected but surprisingly satisfying hardcore hybri...

ELECTRIC WIZARD IN CONCERT:For more than two decades British doom metal collective Electric Wizard has been thrashing fans with concerts that aren't for the faint of heart. The band administers a heavy dose of crushing darkness with morbid grooves, sludge metal elements, and dark lyrics explorin...

DevilDriver has carved out a place for themselves in the metal world by churning out groove-oriented, riff-heavy music that serves the artistic vision of the band, rather than the whimsical trends of mainstream music. This approach is ever apparent on Winter Kills, the band's recent release on N...

Danish metal fusion act Volbeat has grown from a well-known regional band in Scandinavia to an international touring outfit sharing the bill with music giants Megadeth and Metallica. The four-piece group mixes metal, hard rock and a touch of punk with rock and roll inspiration from icons like Elvis,...

CROWBAR IN CONCERT:Sludge metal powerhouse Crowbar has been melting faces off with their bludgeoning brand of doom for more than a decade. At the quartet's decibel-shattering live shows, the ferocious growl of frontman Kirk Windstein sits perfectly atop the band's technically precise onslaug...