We asked some of our favorite musicians to tell us about some of their favorite artists, songs and moments from 2008. Here's what Swedish metalheads In Flames had to say about the year in music. Favorite album: Who the hell released albums this year?  [Laughs] I think, this is not a metal ...

  We asked some of our favorite musicians to tell us about some of their favorite artists, songs and moments from 2008. Here's what San Fran thrash-metal band Testament had to say about the year in music. Favorite album: I like our record a lot of course and other than that the new Whitesn...

  We asked some of our favorite musicians to tell us about some of their favorite artists, songs and moments from 2008. Here's what masked metal avengers Slipknot had to say about the year in music. Favorite album: My favorite album of the year is mine of course.  [Laughs] I mean bec...

  We asked some of our favorite musicians to tell us about some of their favorite artists, songs and moments from 2008. Here's what the Austin metal band the Sword had to say about the year in music. Favorite album I'm gonna have to go with Torche - Meanderthal on that one.  Torc...

Before it was announced that metal it-band Torche's guitarist Juan Montoya would be playing his final show with the band at All Tomorrow's Parties' Nightmare Before Christmas Festival in England, Rhapsody spoke with an unaware Montoya about some of his best and worst moments and memories...

 For Gojira’s vocalist/guitarist Joe Duplantier, it’s been an exciting year. As the French quintet expand on their progressive death/doom sound on The Way of All Flesh , their fourth full-length, and tackle a world tour supporting In Flames, Duplantier has also lent his bass playing to the ...

by Jen Guyre Mötley Crüe has thrived for two and half decades of pure, uncut decadence. Now, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee have returned with Saints of Los Angeles , their first album of new material in 11 years, and a namesake summer tour Crüefest. Rhapsody caught up with Vince...

by Jen Guyre Metal music has always seen the passing of trends. Glam took over the '80s in an androgynous wave, '90s death metal drowned itself in gore, and now, with the advent of a cartoon metal band, a thrash resurgence and the rise of the metal opera, it’s a tough call whether heavy metal is g...

by Jen Guyre There's no denying Michael Jackson's long-standing influence on all things pop. Despite his legal woes and personal troubles, his untouchable '80s songbook still stands as a beacon of what pop music is all about and what current artists aim to achieve. To pay homage to his forgotten leg...

by Jen Guyre Japanese experimentalists Boris have pushed noise rock and ambient drone into many different realms over their 16-year career, and with the addition of 2008’s Smile, they show how the possibilities are practically limitless. Floored by down-tuning master craftsmen The Melvins early on...