The best European metal bands are a key component in the genre’s history and evolution. It is impossible to understand what ...

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Some metal artists have made tremendous contributions to the genre and never got their dues from the mainstream. This is a ...

The best heavy metal producers of all time are the unsung heroes of the genre. They are the ones who helped pull out the best ...

The triumphs, the bottlings, the rucks, the rain – long-running festival Monsters Of Rock changed hard rock and heavy metal ...

All bands that have been revered as ... As with many genres of music, technology has a very important role to play in the history of heavy metal. It was in 1962, that Jim Marshall, “the Father ...

As with every subjection of extreme metal to the public, Gojira’s performance was met with heavy backlash and accusations of Satanism. Such criticism is an expected occupational hazard for any metal ...

Even though we have named our top five metal bands, you might have one or two in mind who hold a special place in your heart – or in your music collection. So, horns up and very happy listening!

The Saxon frontman takes Hammer reader's questions - and definitively answers whether Vikings or Saxons would win in a fight ...

While there’s still a huge disparity in the numbers of women vs. men in heavy metal and hard rock bands, thanks in great part to the pioneering women below, the doors were blown open.