Having conquered the globe at various stages of its existence, metal is one of music's greatest counterculture movements, but there's no denying the genre has struggled for the past decade. From ...

The metal world is as vast as ever, and 2024 was full of countless great albums from all across the metal spectrum, by bands from all over the world. We included some of our heavy faves on our list of ...

On May 29, 1983, the four members of LA rock band Quiet Riot realised they were on to something big... It was ‘Heavy Metal Day’ at the US Festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino, ...

This year has been well-saturated with all kinds of great heavy music. Regardless of your genre of preference, 2024 probably had something for you to enjoy. If you’re like me, and you enjoy a lot of ...

Here are the 80 best rock and metal albums of the 1980s and the 90 best of the 1990s! The sounds and styles that were pioneered and popularized across these two decades is mind-boggling. The guitar ...

Heavy metal’s origins began in the late 1960s, though it didn’t begin to really kick off until the 1980s. An extension and evolution of rock and roll, heavy metal was influenced by quite a few ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

What's the best metal album of each year of the 1980s? Let's find out! Building off the collective foundation laid by '70s legends such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Led ...