Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...

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Here are 10 producers who defined the sound of metal in the 1980s. The rise of hard rock and heavy metal in the '80s coincided with major changes in how heavy music was not only recorded and mixed, ...

Hard rock and heavy metal band Ghost just ended a four-year drought on the Billboard 200 chart for rock music. The band’s latest record Skeletá has officially hit no. 1 on the chart, outperforming ...

The 15 best hard rock and metal albums of 2025 comprise a combination of seasoned veterans still swinging for the fences, underground lifers and young heat-seekers who embrace the classic rock ethos.

The line between hard rock and heavy metal is often blurry. But rock music in 1986, even the heavier iteration of it, appealed to wider audiences as artists mixed pop hooks and glossy production with ...

Deep Purple didn't need a hit single to announce the beginning of a new era. When "Speed King" opened the band's 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock, it immediately signaled a dramatic shift in sound.