Heavy Metal

This is the perfect way to relive those golden years back in the '90s before you hardened your heart and started listening exclusively to death metal. It's a metal guitar version of your 12-year-old self's favorite song -- 'Barbie Girl' by Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua.

Just when we thought America's favorite video game, 'Super Mario Bros.,' couldn't get any better -- enter YouTube's 311Erock, aka rocker Eric Calderone. In this video, Eric shows us that not all metal riffs and/or tones are used for moshing, horror movies and making parents angry.

A Swedish man was recently awarded unemployment benefits after getting his addiction to heavy metal music classified as a disability.

Remember the Balloon Boy? That would be Falcon Henne, who for a few moments had the nation on edge after his parents claimed the-then six-year-old had sailed away unaccompanied in a hot air balloon.

People love heavy metal. People also love tattoos. People love The Venue. So, when these three things are merged, there is some serious love in the air. Or maybe we were all just drunk.

Peanut Butter and Jelly. Bert and Ernie. Batman and (the super-gay) Robin. Heavy Metal and Tattoos. These things are synonymous with each other. It's almost inconceivable to imagine one without the other. Which is why the concert at The Venue on Saturday kicked some major ass.

Talk about your heavy-metal thunder on the tube. VH1 Classic has scheduled 11 days of metal-themed programming in early November that will culminate with its self-proclaimed National Metal Day on Nov. 11.

Heavy Metal A Religion, Pearl Jam Working On New Album, Kelly Osbourne Defends Dad, Foo Fighters Plan Earthquake Fundraiser While some people may pray to the Rock Gods, no one's ever claimed Heavy Metal as an official religion...until now. Click here to read about what those wacky Brits are trying to pull