Metallica's formative Master of Puppets album was released on March 3, 1986, and quickly became the most influential and critically acclaimed album in the heavy metal genre. Master of Puppets was the ...

This album has aged so well.

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

When heavy metal band Armored Saint started in 1982, even the band members couldn’t imagine still going strong more than 40 years later. “No. So this fact is a great reminder of how much we appreciate ...

Our picks for the 'Big 4' bands and artists that represent 1980s metal are Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica. For more '80s metal, check out the best metal and hard rock albums of ...

Before Billy Joel was a classy and sophisticated showman sitting behind a grand piano, he was a thick-haired heavy metal rock ‘n’ roller. Surprised? So are we, but it is true, as Billy Joel co-founded ...

And how they triumphed amid the ‘mudbath’ of the first Monsters Of Rock festival ...

As a result of the ever-changing definitions of music genres, there are quite a few rock bands that were once considered metal, but aren't anymore. We've argued numerous times that heavy metal, as a ...

Monsters of Rock Festival's heavy metal reign ran from 1980 to 1996, the first of its kind to deem itself a rock festival.

Ozzy Osbourne, the pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman whose star turn on reality TV endeared him to a new generation of fans, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was ...