Metal Musicians and Reviews

Metalcore has spawned a new generation of heavy metal musicians. This article showcases the very best bands in the genre.

A gallery of some of the most classically bad, painful to the eyes album covers in Heavy Metal history.

Heavy Metal Music can serve as a powerful voice about the dangers of environmental destruction. This piece makes the argument that heavy metal has a lot to say on the subject. The song, "Mammals in Babylon" by Cattle Decapitation is Deconstructed.

2003's "St. Anger" is considered to be Metallica's worst album. In 2015, two fans recorded their own version of the disc (with better production) in hopes that people might give it another try.

Formed in 1981, Loudness is the best known Heavy Metal band from Japan. They're mainly remembered in the U.S. for their hit "Crazy Nights," from 1985's Thunder in the East album.

In recent years, extreme subgenres have gained a cult following among metal fans globally. This article showcases the very best deathcore bands around the globe.

1990 was a pretty good year for hard rock and heavy metal. Here are just some of the albums that are celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2020.

Warrant sensed change in the air as the Grunge Decade began, so they tried to toughen up their sound with 1992's "Dog Eat Dog" album. Was the experiment successful?

Nu metal combines funk-punch grooves with multiple elements of heavy metal, making it a unique genre. This article showcases an epic list of the very best bands in this genre.

This article is a countdown of the 50 most important, successful, and influential Japanese metal bands of all time.

Metallica's now-legendary debut album, KILL'EM ALL, was released in 1983. Here are some memories of the first time I heard this genre-defining album.

Former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford gave the late '90s aggro-industrial rock thing a try with a new band called "Two." Their lone album, "Voyeurs," was released in 1998.

The best thrash metal guitarists from the legendary Big Four thrash bands shaped a genre and influenced a generation of guitar players.

Queensrÿche's split with vocalist Geoff Tate was one of the most bizarre rock dramas in recent memory. Let's find out how it all went down and how it was resolved.

"Theatre of Pain" was Mötley Crüe's third studio album, released in 1985.

Recorded in 1975, "On Parole" was supposed to be Motörhead's debut album, but it wasn't released till four years later.