READ MORE: 50 Awful Metal Album Covers Along the way, however, fans occasionally got tripped up by records that looked totally “metal” but didn’t live up to their expectations.

A look at the commercial history of heavy metal through the albums which have reached the top of the UK and US album charts ...

The opener was fine knowing what to expect heading in. I definitely would’ve picked “Bastard Steel” as the opener purely ...

When discussing the subject of metal and hard rock album artwork, we’re used to seeing similar lists of fine artists such as Ed Repka, Dan Seagrave, Derek Riggs, Kristian Wåhlin and the like.

In 1997, unassuming crooner Pat Boone did the unexpected: he released an album of rock and heavy metal covers, done in his style. In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy was the product of Boone and ...

The rest of Spectres is full of songs that embody the hard-partying vibes of heavy metal, from the biker-bar anthem "Golden Age of Leather" (which opens with a rousing verse from the Newark Boys ...

This list is far from complete, so consider this just a taste of great non-metal covers of heavy ... Metallica released their gigantic Black Album in 1991. A collection of cover versions arrived ...

Imagine staring down at a heavy metal album cover. Gruesome art? Been there. Skulls and demons? Yawn. But what if it's a real severed head staring back at you? That's exactly what Brujeria, the ...