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 ...

You might be surprised to find that in Forbes' newly published 38 Greatest Metal Bands list that the publication actually gave a very positive and solid representation of extreme metal, with over ten ...

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 ...

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham influenced heavy metal music when Page continued the heavy blues he’d begun with The Yardbirds. They certainly had aspects of what became ...

"Hair metal" is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category know it. That said, the pejorative phrase serves a purpose here. Critics ...

In 2001, Slipknot ended their most depraved and aggressive album with a title track that pushed that vibe as far as possible. Iowa is a disturbing horror story of necrophilia that torments you for 15 ...

Heavy metal has a rich history, filled to the brim with quality albums that have been delighting the headbanging masses of Planet Earth for decades. These are heavy metal albums that are ...

Did You Know The Beatles Invented Heavy Metal? The Beatles may not be the first band you think of when someone utters the words “heavy metal.” Indeed, they won a lot of admirers who were not ...