Crank up the volume and prepare to headbang! Join us as we count down our picks for the most influential, important and ...

Heavy metal’s origins began in the late 1960s, though it didn’t begin to really kick off until the 1980s. An extension and evolution of rock and roll, heavy metal was influenced by quite a few ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metallica's formative Master of Puppets album was released on March 3, 1986, and quickly became the most influential and ...

The turn of the century saw a ton of innovation in extreme metal, particularly in regards to tone, songwriting structure, and quality of production. Despite being all but kneecapped in the ’90s due to ...

British heavy metal legends Judas Priest just released their 19 th studio album, Invincible Shield, this past week and, in doing so, they supposedly set a new record in heavy metal history. According ...

William Shatner has been bringing his thespian-trained, Shatneresque magic to other people’s songs going back to his 1969 alum The Transformed Man, that featured his cult classic version of “Lucy in ...

When the former thrashers cut their hair and took influence from the blues, they didn’t emerge unscathed, but they remained ...

These ‘70s rock records were heavy enough to get mistaken for the genre before anyone knew what the genre even was.

The rock gods must be pleased. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. William Shatner is featured in the title track for Nuclear Messiah ...

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK ...

In December, I wrote a column defending music websites and publications that publish year-end lists before the end of the year. I justified this for three reasons: 1) December is mostly bereft of ...