Heavy Metal

Turkey's Prime Minister Orders Heavy Metal Fans Arrested

Ahu Ozyurt | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Ahu Ozyurt

If he can not even tolerate a group of Heavy Metal fans, what sort of a "Leader of the Muslim World" does he aspire to be? Even Ahmedinejad would be ashamed of this.

Blog Posts From Iran's Metal and Hip Hop Artists: Is Music the Weapon of the Future in Iran?

Mark Levine | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


Mark Levine

While music has yet to play a public role in the protests similar to the role of artists in the Beirut Spring of 2006, they are working behind the scenes.

Interview with Paul Masvidal, Progressive Metal Legend and Lead Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist of Cynic

Alex Remington | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

Paul Masvidal: It's a whole new ballgame now in terms of our heads and sense of direction. We still have the same basic feeling that comes with performance, but the approach is wiser now.

Interview: Anvil on Smoking Weed, What Derailed Their Career and Meeting Clint Eastwood

Zorianna Kit | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment


Zorianna Kit

Formed when they were teenagers in the 70s, Anvil is currently working on their 14th album. I sat down with the duo for an exclusive chat for HuffPost.

Psychostick's New Album, Sandwich: The Most Dedicated Musical Eaters Since Weird Al

Alex Remington | Posted 07.03.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

The band manages to strike a consistent tone of determined, serious juvenilia backed by death growls and distorted guitars, and maintains it through a 75-minute album.

Jordan Heavy Metal Bands Find Public Ill-Informed About Their Music

GlobalPost | Tom A. Peter | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


AMMAN, Jordan -- Muhannad Bursheh hardly seems like the kind of guy who would be viewed as a troublemaker. He's an audio engineering student enthusias...

A Modern Classic: Cynic's Traced in Air, A Reunion Album As Good As the Classic Debut

Alex Remington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

One of the best metal albums of the decade quietly came out last November, Traced in Air by Cynic, their first album in a decade and a half.

Metal Music Morocco: Where West and East Co-Exist

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.13.2009 | World


Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

There is something really cool and special about seeing a girl wearing a Hijab who throws up the universal Metal/Rock sign with her hands.

10 Lessons from Anvil!, the Greatest Heavy Metal Band You've Never Heard Of

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment


Ariston Anderson

Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has-beens?

Iron Maiden Takes Off--Sneak Peak at The Soon to be Released Historic Documentary

Mark Levine | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment


Mark Levine

You've never experienced "The Trooper" or "Run to the Hills" until you've heard Iron Maiden perform them in front of 15,000 screaming Muslim metalhead...

System of a Down and Eurovision: False Turkish Claim Exposed

Harut Sassounian | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment


Harut Sassounian

The Turkish media regularly reports false stories and makes exaggerated claims. The latest example of misinformation involves System of a Down's supposed appearance on Eurovision.

Shotguns and Munaqababes along the Arabian Sea

Mark Levine | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Mark Levine

In the U.S., and even in Pakistan, the North-West Frontier Province is known almost exclusively as a haven for terrorists, ultratraditionalists, and drug and arms smugglers.