Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree, in the 90s. There were a lot of bands that gained a lot of popularity thanks to the historical context. This doesn’t ...

Rating the storied career of one of modern metal's most important bands as they head out on tour to celebrate 20 years of ...

Metal bands who were banned from countries are a much more common topic than one may think. This music genre has always been controversial in some areas, hence why some bands were banned. Furthermore, ...

From the post-hardcore squall of Hidden Mothers to Lutharo's invigorating mix of power metal and melodeath, to one-woman ...

From ska-punk/metalcore crossovers to industrial threesomes, these team-ups showed metal is more collaborative than ever ...

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

Cryptopsy, Gorguts, Kataklysm, Beyond Creation. These bands set the standard for death metal in Canada, and following their lead, a new breed has emerged. A marriage of technicality, brutality and ...

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in music history. The hair spray, makeup, and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

There are only so many record labels on this planet, and as such only so many marketing dollars to go around, even in the burgeoning heavy metal scene of the mid-late 2000s. Countless numbers of great ...

Already, Loudwire has looked at the best “epic” song by 10 classic prog rock bands; the best non-“epic” song by 10 classic ...