What were the best hard rock albums of the 1980s? In this feature, we're going to take you through the decade year by year and you'll be able to see how the trajectory of the rock landscape changed ...

Released at the height of the 1980s, Def Leppard’s Hysteria helped redefine rock albums through scale, sound, and lasting ...

The issue is The ultimate review of 2025: the best albums, the biggest events and the megastars who rocked our world. Including Albums Of The Year, Reissues Of The Year and our 2025 Playlist. Plus The ...

The 1980s might be the easiest decade to caricature. But the best ’80s albums prove that the decade wasn't just about big hair, big shoulder pads, and even bigger mobile phones—and that the era's ...

Whoa, we're halfway there—and then some! Bon Jovi's 1986 masterpiece "Slippery When Wet" is proving that great rock' n' roll never dies; it just finds a new way to roar back into the spotlight. Nearly ...

Were the '80s really the greatest decade ever in music? We posit that question on the back cover of our new book, 501 Essential Albums of the 80s (Motorbooks/Quarto Group), and certainly that case ...

We love dad rock around here, so keep reading to see our picks for the best album by 11 of the greatest dad rock bands. There once was a time when the term "dad rock" referred to a specific era of ...

A Southern rock group who rose to fame in the late 1980s is going on tour to support their first new album in 21 years. .38 ...

Fleetwood Mac‘s Rumours isn’t just the best selling classic rock album of 2025, it’s the 25th-best selling record of the year ...

Will the Grammy for Best Rock Album go to alt-rock survivors like Linkin Park and Deftones, or Haim, Yungblud and Turnstile?

Led Zeppelin closes their epic, mythic 1971 masterpiece with a towering, monolithic slab of blues rock that sounds unlike ...