Lady Gaga

Demons, gravestones, blood and motorcycles on an album cover often mean you're about to hear some metal. But not always.

They're hardcore in their own ways.

From stage production to the same producers, there's plenty of similarities.

A pop song and a metal song.

Settle down, everyone. Lady Gaga is a self-professed heavy metal fan and has even been spotted at the legendary Kuma's Corner in Chicago. Don't get your underwear all twisted yet and take a look at this video, which exploded in 2011 and has nearly eclipsed 3 million views.

A crowd of more than 100 gathered Sunday in Richmond, Va. -- home base of the band Lamb of God -- to hold a vigil for singer Randy Blythe, who stands accused of manslaughter in the Czech Republic, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Blythe has been imprisoned in Prague since June 27, when he was arrested in connection with the death of a fan in May 2010...

Lady Gaga has revealed to U.K.'s The Sun that one of her biggest influences is Def Leppard. Wait ... Def Leppard? Yes, that's correct. Apparently Phil Collen and co. have helped shape Gaga's early artist-hood by finding their way into the singer's stadium-sized hooks...

Lady Gaga hit the radio circuit this week, talking to Howard Stern and local New York City pop stations, but what does that have to do with Noisecreep and heavy metal? Well, Lady Gaga, in addition to sporting studs and leather like any consummate metalhead, is a fan of the genre, namely Iron Maiden...

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Lady Gaga talks about her experience at a recent Iron Maiden concert. The pop icon and a few of her friends went to see the British metal titans at their April 11th show in Tampa, FL. Gaga watched most of the show from a private guest suite in the arena, but towards the end of the performance, the power of Maiden's performance got the best of her... Read Mor

Stephen O'Malley is always an interesting interview, sure there will be a gear and technical talk about the set up and sounds of any of his myriad amplified bands like Sunn O))), KTL or Lotus Eaters, but the man is always up to talk about the philosophy of music...