With death metal coming up on its 40th anniversary next year, the genre just reached a new high as, for the first time ever, a death metal tour played the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado ...

One of extreme metal’s oldest debates rages on: who exactly is the first death metal band? For most, the answer is usually Death or Possessed, though you might get an answer like Necrophagia. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...