Rock and metal still have their wild moments, but these days have nothing on the 20th century. The 1970s, '80s and '90s were full of chaos and decadence. Heavy metal was essentially born in 1970, ...

The 1990s grunge boom didn't quash everything else in the rock sphere, especially not metal. Though Nirvana and others pushed the '90s buzz for Seattle-derived alt-rock to ubiquity, many a metal band ...

The post 10 Essential 1990s Metal Albums Baroness’ John Baizley Thinks Every Fan Should Own appeared first on Consequence. Founding singer-guitarist John Baizley recently caught up with Heavy ...

October is the month of Metallica. Why? Because it was the month they were founded. October 28th, 1981 to be exact—five months after the official meeting of Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield. Sure, ...

On paper, hip-hop and metal shouldn’t work together — two polarizing genres with very different intentions and attitudes. However, thanks to a new wave of outfits in the late ‘90s and early 2000s ...

As the once-maligned genre of nu metal continues to get re-evaluated, here are 10 nu metal albums that even skeptics need to ...

As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and metal ...

Inspired by horror movies and dark themes, legendary bands created a theatrically dark genre, Metal. Linda Diaz and Joey Hays chat with members of the legendary bands Gwar and Impaler to uncover how ...

Heavy metal has its roots in the late 1960s and the emergence of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. It's a genre of rock music noted for a monumental sound characterized by distorted ...

Lemmy Kilmister was largely unimpressed by the mid-nineties rise of nu-metal and grunge, and took aim at a few bands from ...

Johnny Cash made a name for himself as a country music star, and traditional gospel hymns were some of the earliest songs he learned. He once said his favorite album was his record of songs from his ...