Like all genres of music, heavy metal was created out of years and years of influence, and here are three songs that influenced its birth.

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These nostalgic metal songs from across the decades will make you want to buy tickets to your next local gig and jump in the ...

Some bands, such as Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, incorporated more sludgy guitar sounds into their music than others.

Not all their songs are hits, but that doesn't mean that the only ones worth listening to are widely regarded or instantly recognizable by millions. In fact, the band has a number of perfect songs ...

While many think of "hair metal" when it comes to hard rock in the 1980s, that's an unfair assessment. The decade was much more diverse. Many bands from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM ...

Messiah picked up Ghost’s 2010 debut album Opus Eponymous after it was released, having heard that it was partly inspired by ...

Here are the five best prog metal covers of Black Sabbath songs! As the inventors of heavy metal – according to most genre fans and journalists, at least – Black Sabbath directly or indirectly ...

Along with “Blizzard of Ozz,” the album that bore this title track is Osbourne’s best seller. The single, meanwhile, is ushered in with a gripping bass line and an undercurrent of keyboards until ...

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