Since there have been so many different eras of heavy metal, we picked four groups to represent the "Big 4" of '90s metal. Metal has branched out and changed a lot since Black Sabbath introduced it in ...

October is the month of Metallica. Why? Because it was the month they were founded. October 28th, 1981 to be exact—five months after the official meeting of Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield. Sure, ...

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 ...

The ’90s brought an onslaught of classic rock and metal albums. The decade saw the rise of subgenres like nu-metal and grunge. At the same time, punk underwent a mild mainstream makeover and launched ...

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 ...

If you've ever been part of a specific music scene, you know that every scene has its own unspoken rules, taboos and, of course, sense of style. As a once metalhead myself (my subgenres of choice: ...

After decades of narrow escapes, death finally came for the Godfather of Heavy Metal. Ozzy Osbourne passed peacefully at his Los Angeles home on July 22, 2025 — just 17 days after his epic hometown ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...