On May 29, 1983, the four members of LA rock band Quiet Riot realised they were on to something big... It was ‘Heavy Metal Day’ at the US Festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino, ...

With nu metal getting re-evaluated and reaching new generations, here's a look at 10 incredible albums that the genre ...

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 ...

Pop might be an icky word for heavy metal diehards. But remember, “pop” is just short for popular. And if you’re favorite band sells millions of records, then they are, by definition, popular. History ...

Back in 1994, heavy music was in a transitional stage. Grunge had either wiped out or significantly dented the popularity of much of the thrash and glam bands that dominated the previous decade ...

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 ...

Mercyful Fate guitarist Hank Shermann and ex-guitarist Michael Denner have launched an aptly-titled new group called Denner/Shermann alongside a new track titled "Satan's Tomb." The song is off a ...