There were some really shocking moments in rock and metal during the '70s, '80s and '90s. There are certainly some pretty shocking things that still happen in our world today. But when you look at ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

When it comes to the music landscape, one can say that metal ruled the '80s, presenting a cultural turning point and an influx of talent as the genre grew and expanded. Being caught up in the "Satanic ...

These are strange days for classic heavy metal. ‘People listen to music differently now. They don’t have time to sit down and put the record on and give it 30 minutes…who will be the next giant metal ...