Here are the best ballads from 11 big prog metal bands! We recently looked at the best ballad by 11 big prog rock bands, so it’s only fair that we shine the same spotlight on nearly a dozen ...

Today, we will be revealing the five best examples of the intriguing phenomenon known as the black metal ballad, though it might seem like a contradiction in terms. A decent list of self-proclaimed ...

If you were to time-warp back to 2001 and tell people that Slipknot will create one of the most vulnerable and evocative ballads in metal, they’d laugh in your face. The Nine rocketed to prominence ...

Some of the greatest power ballads ever released came from the rock genre, even from glam metal bands like Warrant. The '80s band got some mixed reactions to their 1989 power ballad that ranked high ...

Whether you want to call them glam metal or hair metal, the bands that dominated the hard rock scene in the late 80s understood the value of a well-timed power ballad. Many of the slow songs they ...

How a Rage Against the Machine rocker and former anthropologist turned it up to 11 with a heart-felt, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the band that “created the culture of heavy metal.” By Scott Roxborough ...

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