“His being an outsider and his challenging of societal norms is definitely why heavy metal found an affinity with Crowley” former HIM frontman Ville Valo says. “He was one of the first rock’n’rollers.

The nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced, with Gojira, Judas Priest, and Metallica among the contenders for Best Metal Performance.

Within Temptation’s Enter, released in April, took obvious influence from gothic metal bands like Paradise Lost, but its ...