rock and roll Ozzy Osbourne launches a metalhead makeup and beauty line Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird "Absurdly shiny balls of polished dirt" Grant St. Clair

comics books "Dark Regards," a comic so metal, it's printed in human blood! Gareth Branwyn

music Kazoo version of Obra Dinn's "Soldiers of the Sea" Rob Beschizza

metal Listen to this duet by Dolly Parton and Judas Priest's Rob Halford, backed by John 5 and Nikki Sixx: 'Bygones' Rusty Blazenhoff

books John Darnielle's new novel is a riveting metafictional meditation on true crime stories Thom Dunn

soul Soul singer Charles Bradley's emotional cover of Black Sabbath's "Changes" Gareth Branwyn

A day in the life of some mischievous teenage metalheads (1987) Popkin

Brian Posehn Brian Posehn thinks "New Music Sucks" Rusty Blazenhoff

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

Funny Kazoo-ing metalheads vs Westboro Baptist Church Xeni Jardin

music 'Metal from the Dirt' – Cool profile of Navajo metalheads, and Diné metal shows on the rez Xeni Jardin

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Séamus Bellamy

keanu reeves Most excellent: Third 'Bill & Ted' flick in the works Rusty Blazenhoff

music Headbangers caught in the moment David Pescovitz

music Portraits of the women of Botswana's heavy metal subculture Cory Doctorow