Heavy metal turns 40: Four decades after first Black Sabbath album, the music still rocks

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Farber: It's stupid, it's sexist and it might even be Satanic. That trilogy of ignorant views has obscured the true achievements - and the sonic rarity - of heavy metal from the start. Isn't it about time we shot them all in the head once and for all?.

Death of Slipknots Paul Gray felt across globe

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Sadly, a mans influence is most fully captured upon his death.

Peter Steele: Towering, deep-voiced frontman of the goth-metal band Type O Negative

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The unsettling music of the New York goth-metal band Type O Negative may have been a minority taste, at its most effective on the soundtracks to computer games Descent 2, Blood and Grand Theft Auto IV or horror blockbusters I Know What You Did Last Summer, Bride Of Chucky or Freddy vs Jason, but teenagers, especially in the US, the UK, Scandinavia and Germany, loved the group and its towering ...

Music Review: Lacrimas Profundere, Solution .45, Big Ball, Darklight Corporation, and Heidevolk

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The fact I am doing columns in rapid succession gives a good clue to the glut of music I am currently enjoying. The summer rush of product is in full flow and here are some choice bits.Lacrimas Profundere: The Grandiose NowhereIf you are into lush goth in the mode of HIM, then this lot will just be ...

Tributes to Slipknot bassist Paul Gray

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LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES - Heavy metal musicians and fans paid tribute to Slipknot star Paul Gray on Tuesday after the bass guitarist was found dead in an Iowa hotel room.