Here, you will find a list of bands that adorn patches on a battle jacket, and these are ... themselves and others in a more hard rock direction, heavy metal had never seemed less cool.

Stained Class, its LP jacket sporting an artsy cover and ... and Binks — transformed Judas Priest’s retooled brand of hard rock into pure heavy metal. “Stand by for exciter” indeed!

As we wait to see what 2024 bring us in terms of new music, we look back on 2023 with Heavy Consequence’s picks for the 30 Best Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2023. Take a trip through the year’s ...

In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord opening guitar riff to the song “Black Sabbath,” consecrating the first pure heavy-metal ...

And Ghost continued their meteoric rise to the upper echelon of metal ... Few heavy bands captured the existential dread of 2022 better than Chat Pile. The Oklahoma band’s sludgy noise rock ...

Hard-rock and heavy-metal isn’t elitist’s music, it’s the people’s music. The music of Camaros, pro sports events and streaming TV synchs. And in that way, as American as it gets ...

Find them below! The UK’s spiritual home of rock and heavy metal, Download Festival is the premier live music event for metalheads, punks, and rockers alike. The annual gathering welcomes ...

In the three-part docuseries I Wanna Rock ... Metal Dream, “and they were quickly scurrying around to find bands that were visually interesting.” It was therefore ideal that heavy metal ...