A good riff is one of heavy metal basics and this punchy, raw and uncomplicated Ray Davies riff is one of the first of its ...

Over 50 years after its release, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is still considered one of the greatest songs in rock ...

Here are the 25 best metal songs of the last 25 years. It has been a wild ride since 2000 dawned a new age for metal with an explosion of subgenres and hybridization that still the driving force ...

Heavy metal music has become a niche genre to an extent. While there are a couple of bands that have broken into the mainstream and garnered wide appeal, the majority of heavy metal bands seemingly ...

Mudvayne's celebratory tour of their debut album shows they're still crushing it 20 years later, rocking like it was the ...

Most people will agree that heavy metal didn't exist before 1970, and according to Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, one ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

Def Leppard broke a pretty big charting history record with the release of 'Hysteria' in 1987 and 'Pyromania' in 1983.