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Growing up in Baghdad , it wasn't exactly easy for members of the band Acrassicauda to find American heavy metal music.

Mention of heavy metal music may bring to mind satanic rituals, church burnings and members of the 1980s glam-metal band Ratt sporting shoulder-length hair. If Yom Kippur gets a look in, it’s only because you’ve decided to repent for head-banging so hard to Slayer that your yarmulke fell off. Destined to change that, a number of Jewish artists are delving into the dark metal arts and mining 50 ...

FOR many people, heavy metal music may seem intimidating – anti-social even – given that it is often associated with rebellion against authority and anti-establishment attitudes.

LEEDS, England, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A heavy metal music fan was beaten to death after two men set his friend's hair on fire at a Motorhead concert, British police say.

The man accused of causing the death of the three marine recruits is now facing additional charges. The Trumbull County grand jury filed additional charges against Don Williams, alleging he was under the influence of drugs at the time he crashed the semi-truck he was driving into a marine recruiters car. The additional charges allege he was "drug drunk," listening to heavy metal music and failed ...