The most notorious was biting the head off a live bat while on stage in Iowa in 1982. He had been catapulting raw meat into ...

The imagery of heavy metal music, I think, gave me a healthy sense of empowerment and insulation against the unhappiness around me. And it gave me a healthy skepticism about the status quo.

Many people are shocked and disturbed by heavy metal music, lyrical content, and imagery. One image that can be considered provocative is the inverted cross displayed by many black metal bands.

Here are the top 25 metal mascots. For so many, heavy metal provides an escape from reality, replete with dramatic imagery often times serving as extensions of a band's lyrical themes and ...