Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree, in the 90s. There were a lot of bands that gained a lot of popularity thanks to the historical context. This doesn’t mean ...

In the three-part docuseries I Wanna Rock: The ‘80s Metal Dream (Paramount+), musicians whose different backgrounds and entry points into the music industry put them on a collision course with the MTV ...

Alternative rock guitarists aren’t often associated with heavy metal shredders. You might connect the dots between certain bands and Black Sabbath. But the pointy axes and two-handed tapping of many ...

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just ...

Lemmy Kilmister was largely unimpressed by the mid-nineties rise of nu-metal and grunge, and took aim at a few bands from ...

As sad as it is to say goodbye to artists we’ve grown up listening to, there’s a distinct inevitability to it at this point; […] ...

Ozzy Osbourne, the pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman whose star turn on reality TV endeared him to a new generation of fans, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was ...

The rock world has paid loving tributes to heavy metal rock legend Ozzy Osbourne after the singer passed away at the age of 76 years old. On Tuesday, July 22, Ozzy's family confirmed the heartbreaking ...