As Tom Morello explained, "Folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger - could be as heavy as anything." ...

Which songs would you pledge your allegiance to being the National Anthems of both rock and metal? Our Loudwire staffers weigh in with their thoughts.

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Korpiklaani and Ensiferum will headline Folkfest of the North at the Gothic Theatre on Sunday, March 9.

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A groundbreaking heavy rock band that has shaped the sound of punk and metal for over 40 years, the Melvins bring their reunited two-drummer line-up to the Catalyst in Santa Cruz Tuesday night.

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If somewhere in the cosmos there’s a heavy metal god wearing biker gear, controlling earthly events with a Flying V, the year 1980 must have been important to the long-haired deity. Before social ...

From Danish prog metallers Danefae to Texan metalcore mob Cantervice, Zurich's "deathcore Slipknot" Paleface Swiss and UK alt ...