We’re back after a little bit of a lull with 18 new rock and metal tours announced this past week. If you love your heavy ...

Actor William Shatner will make his Riot Fest debut in Chicago with heavy metal band The *uckers, performing songs from his ...

You Will Know My Name" collects glittering stage outfits, well-worn instruments, songwriting notes and more from female ...

The groundbreaking cover didn't just reinvent a rock and roll classic; it helped usher an entirely new genre into the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is gearing up for a diverse week of musical performances and cultural events, ranging from headbanging heavy metal to Latin dance rhythms. The “Rock Hall ...

Can you believe it's been half a decade for these rock and metal albums turning 50 in 2025? After R&B, soul and pop influenced the early era of rock 'n' roll, guitar heavy music was definitely showing ...

After 22 years of eligibility, heavy metal icons Iron Maiden have finally been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And even though there are so many other worthy bands to receive such an ...

Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

Even if Ozzy Osbourne was one of the craziest rockstars to walk the Earth, he knew there were people out there that could ...

Heavy metal doesn't exist in a vacuum, and as far as James Hetfield was concerned when getting Metallica together, this ...

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 ...