Heavy Metal
The Joy of Headbanging, in Photos
Photographer Christopher Bethell went to Bloodstock 2023 to document the best headbangers at the metal festival.
How Your Favorite Heavy Metal Filmmakers Brought Head Banging To The Masses
For this documentary filmmaking duo, music is in their DNA.
Looks Like This Metal Guitarist Who Stormed the Capitol Just Turned on the Oath Keepers
Jon Ryan Schaffer just gave prosecutors their first guilty plea in the sweeping investigation—and it might be bad news for the far-right militia group he co-founded.
Did a Florida Musician Really Make a Guitar From a Human Skeleton?
When VICE tried to verify Prince Midnight's claims, our questions just led to more questions.
No One Collects Anything Anymore
Time for your weekly edition of the, uh No Longer Deadspin Funbag. Today, we're talking about fat, bags, boinking, retirement, farting, and more.
A Very Resourceful Woman Scared Off a Cougar by Blasting Metallica
She called the lurking animal a “bad kitty” and played "the noisiest thing on [her] phone."
Enter Thrash Zone, a Japanese Metal Bar Where 'Extreme Beer' Is Everything
In 2006, there was nowhere in Japan to listen to face-melting riffs while drinking beer that tastes like Hell's bongwater. Then Koichi Katsuki came along.
Keeping Māori Culture Alive with Thrash Metal: Alien Weaponry — Noisey Meets
Making heavy metal inspired by ancient Māori battles has made teenage trio Alien Weaponry unlikely heroes in the fight to preserve New Zealand’s indigenous language.
11 Lusciously Locked Metalheads Give Tips on How to Have a Glorious Mane
"Do you know what I would have been without my hair? A virgin."
There is a Beautiful Synergy Between Heavy Metal and Haka
How Alien Weaponry's track 'Raupatu' contains the rage and wairua [spirit] of the ancient Māori art form.
Irish Metal Legends Primordial's New Album Is a Raw-Edged Epic
Stream the Dublin folk/black metal stalwarts urgent, grandiose new album, 'Exile Amongst the Ruins.'
Can You Still Be Metal If You Cut Your Hair?
Thoughts on nervously going where every metalhead fears to tread: the hair stylist.