F or some, the 1980s were about neon and new wave, yacht rock and wine coolers, wide lapels and pristine pop. For others, the ...

From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend ...

Today, we consider most "hair metal" bands hard rock bands that had a glamorous aesthetic in the '80s. But back then, people and the media definitely referred to them as metal bands. It's just that ...

George Michael and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit In the future, musicological historians will look back at the 1990s phenomenon of fusing heavy metal and ... In the late-80s and early-90s Ministry ...

Here are the 55 best metal covers of classic rock hits. Playing covers, or even just riffs from your favorite songs is how so many musicians and bands start off. And even as careers progress and ...

Metal is a genre known for lyrics that delve into dark or taboo subject matter. Fans of the genre are no strangers to songs about death, religion, war, demons, or other topics that songwriters in ...

March Madness is here, and we're joining in on bracket-mania by forcing 32 excellent '80s rock albums to do ... made by the biggest artists in rock, heavy metal and classic alternative music.

Two metal acts from Fresno and Spain bring their current tandem tour to Sunday when Haunt and Hitten take the stage at the Bottom of the Hill with local openers Blackwülf.

Def Leppard originally entered the scene at the end of the ’70 as part of the new wave of British heavy metal, taking a cue ... But by the early part of the ‘80s they began injecting more ...

Metal music began in the late 60s and rose to prominence in the early 70s in Britain. The term “metal” is believed to have come from the hippie movement, when “heavy” meant deep or serious.