William Shatner has announced a new all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Henry Rollins, Ritchie Blackmore, and many more.

"Don't Fear the Reaper" is Blue Oyster Cult's most successful song, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has ...

Ekko Astral received much-deserved praise for their 2024 full-length debut, pink balloons, which was filled with angular ...

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello co-directs this adoring bio-doc tracing the British band’s 50-year journey ...

Here are 10 producers who defined the sound of metal in the 1980s. The rise of hard rock and heavy metal in the '80s coincided with major changes in how heavy music was not only recorded and mixed, ...

The world changed on August 16, 1980, or at least the corner of it where heavy rock lived did. That sodden late summer Saturday saw upwards of 40,000 denim-clad longhairs gather in a field in the East ...

Hard rock and heavy metal currently don't have mainstream outlets like MTV to reach the masses, but there has been plenty of great stuff from those two genres since 2000. Here's our list of the best ...

Hard rock and heavy metal band Ghost just ended a four-year drought on the Billboard 200 chart for rock music. The band’s latest record Skeletá has officially hit no. 1 on the chart, outperforming ...

From its buzzing guitar drone to its clattering drums, Ticket to Ride was certainly a step forward for the Beatles sonically - but did it really invent heavy rock?

What does heavy rock represent in 2025? Power? Rebellion? Survival? For Alice Cooper and Rob Halford, it’s all of the above. Beyond that, it’s about staying true to themselves and to their fans, while ...

The Kreator and Testament concert at Hard Rock Live in Orlando on October 15, 2024, was a night of pure thrash metal fury, with both bands bringing decades of heavy music history to life on stage.