Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic ...

Hair metal is a divisive subgenre, even down to the name of the style of music it’s most known as. Whatever you want to call ...

Here are the 80 best rock and metal albums of the 1980s and the 90 ... that is encompassed by the broad definition of "heavy music." Are there any two decades that, when combined, match the ...

What are the best opening songs on '80s metal albums? We've ranked them all ... It sets the tone for the record and often endure as some of a band's most classic songs. Aside from singles that ...

By the ’80s, bands like Anthem, Loudness and X Japan formed ... opening for Pantera on their 1992 Japanese tour and playing Japan’s biggest metal festival, Loudpark, several times. Listen to their ...

Gary Holt says his thrash aggressors used to hack hair metal tops to pieces – despite secretly admiring Ratt and Dokken ...

Critics coined the term "hair metal" as a shorthand dismissal of the countless copycat hard rock bands that cluttered the Sunset Strip and ruled the airwaves throughout much of the '80s.