In the realm of popular (that is to say, non-classical) music, the metal and country genres might, at first glance, seem about as far apart as you can get. It's hard to discern any obvious link ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adam Levine, Toris Amos, Trent Reznor and Kerry King performing at various shows There has been a long and storied history of ...

Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

10. Nickelback w/ Kid Rock and Dimebag Darrell, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” (Elton John cover, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle OST, 2003) The two biggest salt-of-the-earth figures of ...

Fall Out Boy are huge fans of metal as evident through their various side projects but their own track “Thnks fr th Mmrs” is getting a heavy touchup with this new cover. YouTuber Jonathan Young and ex ...

On the surface heavy metal music and fantasy seem like strange bedfellows. Until relatively recently, dragons and orcs weren’t exactly cool or mainstream. Groups like Led Zeppelin definitely were ...

Heavy metal and country music are not a match made in heaven. To the majority of music fans, they seemingly hold nothing in common and juxtapose each other in a plethora of different ways. However, ...

It is the ultimate form of compliment from one artist to another when they record their own cover version of the original artist's work. Artists covering other artists have long been an integral part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimi Hendrix, David Coverdale and Johnny Cash. Cover versions are easy to play but much harder to get right. It’s the rare band or ...

Who’s more “metal?” Halloween‘s Michael Myers or The Lord of the Rings’ Frodo Baggins? If you don’t give the Hobbit extra credit because of Led Zeppelin it’s not exactly an easy question. How can you ...

This isn’t the first time we’ve encountered badly and hilariously drawn MS Paint version of famous album covers, but that doesn’t make it any less fun: Metal Injection just tipped us off to the ...