Crank up the volume and prepare to headbang! Join us as we count down our picks for the most influential, important and ...

Heavy metal’s origins began in the late 1960s, though it didn’t begin to really kick off until the 1980s. An extension and evolution of rock and roll, heavy metal was influenced by quite a few ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metallica's formative Master of Puppets album was released on March 3, 1986, and quickly became the most influential and ...

British heavy metal legends Judas Priest just released their 19 th studio album, Invincible Shield, this past week and, in doing so, they supposedly set a new record in heavy metal history. According ...

The turn of the century saw a ton of innovation in extreme metal, particularly in regards to tone, songwriting structure, and quality of production. Despite being all but kneecapped in the ’90s due to ...

What are the 25 best metal albums of the last 25 years (from 2000 through 20204)? That's what we're here to determine as we try to whittle down a quarter century of metal's best albums to just 25 ...

William Shatner has been bringing his thespian-trained, Shatneresque magic to other people’s songs going back to his 1969 alum The Transformed Man, that featured his cult classic version of “Lucy in ...

These ‘70s rock records were heavy enough to get mistaken for the genre before anyone knew what the genre even was.

Paradise Metal by Father Dionysios Tambakis, released in April, gained global acclaim and became one of the best-selling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Shatner (Getty Images) William Shatner said he’s coming out with a heavy metal album, and he’s pretty excited about it. “I ...

A popular English heavy metal band will release its first new album in five years. Loathe will release “A Stranger to You” on ...