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 ...

From psychedelic Brazilian black metal to space-faring tech-death, you won’t discover these excellent albums in many other places ...

The 20 best hard rock and metal albums of 1986 run the gamut from thrash to pop-metal, reflecting the vast array of heavy ...

From some French metal titans reaching a new peak to incredible bands we wish were still making records, here are some albums ...

Here are the 80 best rock and metal albums of the 1980s and the 90 best of the 1990s! The sounds and styles that were pioneered and popularized across these two decades is mind-boggling. The guitar ...

And some big-name heavy metal and hard rock bands, even some associated with hair metal, flourished alongside, or despite, grunge. These heavy metal albums not only survived grunge, but the first one ...

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 ...

This week, one of our most highly anticipated albums of the summer was released: Baroness’ Yellow & Green. We were already looking forward to hearing whatever came next from the Georgia rockers after ...

With nu metal getting re-evaluated and reaching new generations, here's a look at 10 incredible albums that the genre ...

While the 1980s on the whole gave us some of the most timeless heavy metal albums, one would be hard-pressed to find a year within the decade that presented more landmark records than 1986. In ...

Heavy metal went from sweaty clubs and basement record collections in the 1970s to basketball arenas and even your sister's Walkman in the 1980s. This was due to incredible new bands like Iron Maiden ...