Are these bands hair metal or not? History lumps them into the subgenre, but there's some arguments to be made against it!

Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree ... as one of the precursors of heavy metal, perhaps the main one. The band was formed in 1968 when music had a ...

They might draw on depressing subjects, but Scarborough's Ante-Inferno find empowerment in black metal after a turbulent battle with self-identity ...

Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree, in the 90s ... Additionally, the image of the band is more focused on a more classic heavy metal style that is currently ...

But even with rock and roll getting more edgy by the minute in the 1960s, heavy metal was always following slightly behind. Although many bands from The British Invasion could have fallen under the ...

However, the band believes that pop and hip-hop have overtaken metal in India recently. In Tamil Nadu, rap has picked up a lot compared to heavy metal, they say. “To a lot of people, heavy metal ...

Ozzy Osborne, a stalwart of heavy metal for more than 50 years, will reunite with the original members of the legendary band Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years in what is being called ...

The best 80s metal bassists often represent a very underrated area of the genre. Bassists in general don’t get a lot of attention in music, although they often have a peculiar role in metal.

In January, Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine united for a co-headlining arena tour to mark the 20th anniversary of both ...

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson reflected on the time they toured with Mötley Crüe in the 1980s in a new interview. Read his remarks.

And the same can be said of other US number ones from later in the ’80s - Bon Jovi’s Slippery ... the album 13), while other classic heavy metal bands active before Quiet Riot have never ...