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

The iconic keyboard riff to "The Final Countdown" is cheesy pop-metal perfection, but John Norum's fiery guitar solo gives the song some much-needed muscle. Built around a simple-but-memorable pattern ...

Fans of 80s hair ... and power ballads. Band members donned their flashiest and tightest clothing, extreme make-up, and, of course, BIG HAIR. The genre was inspired by heavy metal artists such ...

In its heyday the city thumped to the sound of heavy drop forges working night and day, pub tables had guard rails to stop glasses vibrating onto the floor, and the air was black with dirt from ...

The presence of MTV helped numerous hard rock and various genre of metal acts enjoy mainstream success through their music videos. Whether conceptual, performance-based or even surrealistic ...

In its heyday the city thumped to the sound of heavy drop forges working night and day, pub tables had guard rails to stop glasses vibrating onto the floor, and the air was black with dirt from ...