Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

Few bands are as synonymous with heavy metal as Judas Priest. With Rob Halfordat the helm, the band pioneered the sound by releasing iconic albums like British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance and ...

Those are the types of ballads we’re highlighting here. Read on to see The Best Ballad by 15 Bands of the Hair Metal Era. Tom ...

Robert Fripp’s genre-amalgamating prog giants, King Crimson, might not have had the same rough-and-tumble aggression as the ...

Heavy metal has produced legendary artists celebrated for groundbreaking music, powerful live performances, and innovative ...

Wendy Dio: [The Hear ’n Aid single] Stars took about two weeks. The first session was at Sound City in LA, where we did the ...

The 1990s were one of the best decades for heavy music, so here's who we think make up the "Big 4" of both '90s rock and metal. The reason the '90s were so unique was because various subgenres peaked ...

From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal ...

Before Billy Joel was a classy and sophisticated showman sitting behind a grand piano, he was a thick-haired heavy metal rock ‘n’ roller. Surprised? So are we, but it is true, as Billy Joel co-founded ...

Alternative rock guitarists aren’t often associated with heavy metal shredders. You might connect the dots between certain bands and Black Sabbath. But the pointy axes and two-handed tapping of many ...