Forbes recently published their list of the 30 Best Rock Bands of All Time, but there is some metal representation in there and it's worth noting how these metal icons stack up against some of the ...

Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of System of A Down, Tool, Mastodon, Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden performing live. Although Alexisonfire’s self ...

Write off our list of The Best Ballad by 15 Bands of the Hair Metal Era at your own risk — there's way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe. Hair metal — glam metal, pop-metal, ...

Horns up! There is nothing like listening to insane guitar riffs, heavy bass, soaring, even growling vocals, and a powerful drum beat. Even better, much of metal music is based on classical theory.

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs and instead turned their riffs into serious empires. These acts have proven ...

These heavy metal legends launched back in 1981 and they’re still touring today. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are the only two original members left in the band unless you count Kirk Hammett, who ...

The best Christian metal bands can be a divisive topic to a lot of people considering the nature of the genre. It’s no secret that metal has always had a lot of lyrics against Christ, which makes ...

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

There was nothing quite like the glam metal movement of the 1980s (and 1990s, honestly). Loud music, loud hair, loud outfits, and loud audiences were the main elements of the notably visual genre, and ...