Here are 10 essential metal albums from the 1970s that you should absolutely own on vinyl. Look, there’s no real way to accurately describe the sound of ’70s metal, mostly because the genre was ...

Ronnie James Dio had one hell of a career. The heavy metal frontman was perhaps best known for his time at Black Sabbath, when he replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979 and recorded the electric album Heaven ...

More than five decades after its formation, Saxon is showing no signs of slowing down. The legendary British heavy metal band has announced that its 25th studio album, Gods Of Thunder, will arrive on ...

It may have been nearly five full decades since the 70s ended, but the era’s rock and metal sound is still alive in 2026. Those big riffs à la Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, the energy of bands like ...

Here are 10 classic rock albums from the 1970s that used to be considered heavy metal. Heavy metal didn't just arrive overnight with a guitar in one hand a bottle of Jack Daniels in the other, but ...