The 1980s are widely regarded as the golden era of heavy metal. That decade produced iconic songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Iron ...

Heavy metal was everywhere in the 1980s, not that it isn't today, but hair metal ruled the '80s and dominated both rock radio ...

Join us in celebrating Metallica with the five best covers of their hits by black metal bands. Have songs more black metal in spirit than “Bleeding Me” and “Fade to Black” ever existed?! Of course not ...

The thrash metal legends entered the 1990s with a new approach. Their self-titled album saw them all but stepping away from the style that made them one of the most influential bands in the metal ...

Originally we had a really dreadful tape as our intro,” Metallica frontman James Hetfield later said. “Just the sound of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica fans push both Ride the Lightning and Metallica to ...