Heavy-Metal News

Judas Priest are for all intents and purposes the first modern heavy metal band.

People with high levels of cadmium in their urine are much more likely to die of liver disease than those with lower levels, a new study finds.

Rock of ages a Sir Christopher Lee has completed his second metal album based on the life of the eighth-century ruler Charlemagne.

Yesterday I was sitting in my office when a co-worker rounded the corner and tapped me on the shoulder.

He said: "Marian dragged me to the main stage to watch Guns N' Roses. And she knew all the numbers." He went on: "This year we have seen the passing of the Iron Maiden, but now in Reading we have our own heavy metal mayor." Cllr Livingston, a widow with two adult children and four grandchildren, was for 21 years an primary and early years teacher ... (more)

Star Wars and The Hobbit actor Christopher Lee will release his second album Chalemagne: The Omens Of Death on his 91st birthday, with the record dropping on May 27.

The final performance of Judas Priest's " Epitaph World Tour" in May 2012 provided the perfect opportunity to offer a live video celebration of 40 years of metal.

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is to lead a group of musicians on a charity bike ride to Britain's Download Festival.

Rock memoirs are a great source of salacious details about the history of a band or artist, and that's certainly true in the case of Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy's new autobiography.

He has already run to the hills, but now Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is preparing to pedal to the festival.

The ageing Judas Priest frontman was forced to make the change because of a back problem, but he insists it's only a temporary problem and he'll be fit to rock the stage as normal soon.

Actor Christopher Lee, best known for his roles in the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Star Wars' films, has recorded his second heavy metal album, 'Charlemagne: The Omens of Death.' The 90-year-old thespian has seen his music career evolve in recent years and he says his sophomore set is more of a fully formed metal creation.

And that's kind of the feeling you get once you've read all 718 pages of Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman's sweeping oral history of metal.

Singer-songwriter Seth Walker plays two solo shows in New Orleans on Thursday, May 23, 2013: An early evening gig at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, followed by a show at Chickie Wah Wah.

MA tley CrA1 4e, Slash, Lita Ford, Dokken and more share the wildest stories from the heyday of L.A.'s Sunset Strip While the New Wave of British Heavy Metal was taking over the club scene in the UK and Europe, a batch of bands in and around Los Angeles - triggered by a love for KISS, Van Halen, and glam groups like the New York Dolls and the Sweet ... (more)

Website: http://www.xanderdemos.com May 20, 2013 - PITTSBURGH -- MTS Management Group is happy to announce that Xander Demos is a featured guest on the latest episode of Ron Keel's "Streets Of Rock And Roll" radio show.

On May 24, Blackwater Music presents Skulldron , Walls Within , Full Metal Devils, and The Hand that Feeds.

If there is anything more heavy metal than a man in a chainmail suit chugging out Iron Maiden riffs between two seven foot Tesla Coils while lighting bolts lash his body and guitar, I'll eat my shoe.

" Brave New World " is the 12th studio album by British heavy metal artists, Iron Maiden .

Shot in just seven days for a measly $100,000, the 1987 Canadian heavy-metal horror classic Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare seems to have had the bulk of its budget earmarked for star Jon Mikl Thor 's hairspray, mascara and body oil requirements.