Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

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

After 22 years of eligibility, heavy metal icons Iron Maiden have finally been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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

Monsters of Rock Festival's heavy metal reign ran from 1980 to 1996, the first of its kind to deem itself a rock festival.

You might not know these rock and metal bands, but you should by the end of 2026. From hard rock to hardcore, nearly every subgenre of rock and metal is seeing a surge of new acts that deserve to be ...

Jack Black, the comedy rock star of Tenacious D fame, is a huge fan of heavy rock bands like Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Pixies and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

Tougher than glam rock and pre-dating punk by a couple of years, the Heavy Metal Kids were swashbuckling rock’n’roll pirates fronted by doomed livewire Gary Holton. In 2004, Classic Rock traced the ...

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?

Alternative rock guitarists aren’t often associated with heavy metal shredders. You might connect the dots between certain bands and Black Sabbath. But the pointy axes and two-handed tapping of many ...