In 1977 in England, a guy named Lemmy who’d been fired as the bassist for Hawkwind put together a band called Motörhead, and rock ’n’ roll changed forever. Around the same time half a world away in ...

When a tiny Dave Moody came home after school and escaped into the world of MTV, he didn’t know he was in training. All these decades later, Moody now channels the heavy metal and rock musicians he ...

What's the best metal album of each year of the 1980s? Let's find out! Building off the collective foundation laid by '70s legends such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Led ...

These heavy metal legends launched back in 1981 and they’re still touring today. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are the only two original members left in the band unless you count Kirk Hammett, who ...

Muscles, kidnappings and inflatable hot water bottles – the rise, fall and resurrection of Thor, one of 80s metal’s greatest ...

Heavy metal supergroups came together often in the 1980s, but one particular group did not last nearly as long as it should have. That heavy metal supergroup was Gogmagog. Never heard of them? You’re ...

Tawn Mastrey, a well-regarded heavy-metal disc jockey who built her reputation in the late 1980s at KNAC-FM (105.5) when the radio station was the official outlet for the then-thriving metal scene in ...

Despite a magnificent, state-of-the-art heavy metal production job, and being superior to anything released by Maiden in ...

Paul Natkin, Getty Images / Jim Steinfeldt, Getty Images / Mick Hutson, Getty Images / YouTube - Vince Distefano's Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Vault The 1980s: a decade known for its sleazy guitar riffs ...

In the case of Three, the release is in the slower waters of doom but with a late 70s-early 80s metal sound. Not so much ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The first heavy metal band to ever top the Billboard Top 200 chart at No. 1 is back on the road again— and they’re making a stop at the Great New York State Fair this summer!