Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves that the genre, which relied so heavily on simple pop sensibilities, packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to ...

The song describes the realms of the Viking world - Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc - and in the story the goddess Freya ventures into the world of the goblins. 3. Goblins a go-go! collection3.

Where heavy metal, heady psych ... make sense in the brain of NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and are documented on his Viking's Choice newsletter.

The only cover of an actual metal song on the list ... as the lead track on the band’s first EP and they even made a ...

"Because I played on his solo album, so we have a connection. We're friends. He's awesome." ...