The music was composed and performed as part of a project by the University of British Columbia, called The Heavy Metal Suite, which explores the future of Earth's mineral resources and the path ...

“I appreciate that he seamlessly and organically integrates Western classical art music with Middle Eastern music, heavy metal, and everything in between,” Klopoushak says.

These were the heavy-metal appropriations of classical expertise. “We both started playing piano at age 6 or 7, and we played for a long time," Eddie once recalled about the musical training of ...

Uli Jon Roth is a pioneering German guitarist and composer best known for his work with the Scorpions and as a trailblazer in neo-classical metal. Born on December 18, 1954, in Düsseldorf, Roth rose ...

Classical music has formed the bedrock of videogame soundtracks since developers could shove something vaguely Chopinesque onto a three-channel sound chip.

For heavy metal, that moment happened when Black Sabbath released their eponymous self-titled debut on February 13, 1970. Yes, metal was invented exactly 50 years ago today.

One place to find an alternate view is the music video. Since the scene was first birthed in England in the 1970s, heavy metal has had female representation on the screen.