Tougher than glam rock and pre-dating punk by a couple of years, the Heavy Metal Kids were swashbuckling rock’n’roll pirates fronted by doomed livewire Gary Holton. In 2004, Classic Rock traced the ...

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 ...

As a result of the ever-changing definitions of music genres, there are quite a few rock bands that were once considered metal, but aren't anymore. We've argued numerous times that heavy metal, as a ...

From pastoral folk to thunderous metal, explore 17 legendary tracks that successfully translated J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

The rise of alternative rock and the dichotomy between punk and heavy metal didn’t keep guitarists in the 1990s from shredding guitar solos.

Singer, 27, Reveals How a Heavy Metal Icon Taught Him To Be a ‘Rock Star’ originally appeared on Parade. If you need advice on how to make it in rock and roll, there's no one better to ask than Ozzy ...

When heavy metal band Armored Saint started in 1982, even the band members couldn’t imagine still going strong more than 40 years later. “No. So this fact is a great reminder of how much we appreciate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

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 ...

Heavys are the world’s first headphones designed specifically for hard rock and heavy metal. Featuring eight drivers with patented speaker placement, these state-of-the-art cans cover multiple ...

KABUL (Reuters) - On a dimly lit stage the godfather of Afghan rock prepares for the next song, as images of the French movie La Haine (Hate) flicker above and his audience is asked what song would ...