In the 1980s, a lot of metal bands were content to sing about sex, drugs, partying and banging your head senseless — but not ...

The 1980s are widely regarded as the golden era of heavy metal. That decade produced iconic songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Iron ...

Robb Flynn teams up with Black Veil Brides, Tarja Turunen recruits Dani Filth and Korn bounce back in this week's best new metal song round-up ...

Well, as we discussed in our history of prog metal in 21 albums feature, it wasn’t until the mid-1980s that artists such as ...

The following list of the nine best thrash metal songs over nine minutes long proves that the genre had way more going for it than brevity and untamed aggression. Of course, ever since Metallica ...

Mesa, Arizona vegan death metallers Ritual of Decay have just dropped a new LP on Maggot Stomp. Like a lot of modern death metal, there’s a definite hardcore edge, and Ritual of Decay offer up a very ...

The most iconic metal songs of all time seemingly all have one thing in common: a generational guitar performance that ...

Pop might be an icky word for heavy metal diehards. But remember, “pop” is just short for popular. And if you’re favorite band sells millions of records, then they are, by definition, popular. History ...

Nu Metal took the music world by storm in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The heavy, aggressive music and angsty lyrics were like catnip for teens and people in their early 20s. However, those of us ...

Black Sabbath’s iconic “Iron Man” has become the center of a fresh rock music debate.

When you think of black metal, you probably think of at least a few central characteristics (such as high-pitched shrieking, tremolo guitar picking, haunting atmospheres, feisty tempos, lo-fi ...

There's just something about glam metal, and no we're not talking about the hair and outlandish outfits, although those ...