Mikal Gilmore writes about his dive into heavy metal music at age 73, following the 2024 election of Donald Trump ...

When Opeth began as a death metal band in the early 1990s, no could have imagined their ascent to prog metal royalty – not least Mikael Åkerfeldt. In 2012, he looked back over the twists and turns of ...

Death metal in a sauna, Lamb of God on the karaoke machine and 2am mosh pits – Kinza Shenn sets sail on a hardcore music cruise that out-rocks all others ...

Written by Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery, and Wayne Kemp, Paycheck first released this song on his 1971 compilation album ...

To release one studio album is an accomplishment in and of itself, but these metal bands didn’t stop at one; they’ve produced ...

US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the ...

Barile's group was a linchpin of the drink-and-drug-shunning straight-edge scene of the early 1980s that also included Washington’s Minor Threat.

Warm weather returns, just in time for this weekend's Festival of Colors at Rancho San Rafael. Plus: Tyler Hubbard, Meshuggah and Avett Brothers.

Swedish band Candlemass’ 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a bona doom metal landmark, giving the template laid ...

Local psych/punk band Hot Lunch brings its cathartic sounds to the Kilowatt Thursday night, sharing the stage with guitarist Graham Clise's new band Stepmother and SF punk the Losers.