Albums Quote by Tarja Turunen

The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with something like…

— Blake Judd

I just think that a metal band covering a bunch of metal songs is so boring, so 'done before.'

— M. Shadows

I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

— Kerry King

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a…

— Adam Rich

I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band.

— Ryan Tedder

But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five people in…

— Arjen Anthony Lucassen

In all of my years in this business, I've always been part of either a progressive band or a metal band.

— Mike Portnoy

The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's…

— Lars Ulrich

I like to share my metal with other musicians. It's very cool.

— Max Cavalera

We are pioneers of creating a new genre of metal.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Every band that I've known that has done side projects or things like that - I don't respect them anymore.

— James Hetfield

I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed to have…

— Zacky Vengeance