There were some really shocking moments in rock and metal during the '70s, '80s and '90s. There are certainly some pretty shocking things that still happen in our world today. But when you look at ...

Since its inception as a cult phenomenon in the ’60s and ’70s, heavy metal has become a genre of music that has gained a massive fanbase worldwide. Fans were instantly drawn to its aggressive sounds ...

Would there be heavy metal without Black Sabbath? Possibly. But it wouldn’t sound nearly as menacing or as dark (or as awesome) if Black Sabbath didn’t set the template in the early ‘70s.

which laid the very foundation for heavy metal with their early ‘70s albums, including essential titles like ‘Paranoid,’ ‘Master of Reality’ and ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.’ After ...