After intense deliberation, we can confidently present the best hair metal band for each letter of the alphabet — but first, ...

These grunge songs really capture the essence of the short-lived but powerful genre, and only diehard fans have heard them.

A chart-topping 1992 power ballad helped close the door on the hair metal era as the genre’s dominance on the Billboard ...

During the late '80s and early '90s, hair metal ruled rock radio and sold millions of albums. Then, that shifted after one popular power ballad became one of the final songs from the genre to top the ...

As the hedonism from the 1980s’ era of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll died down, grunge's Seattle’s scene found one of its most unique voices in Pearl Jam.

Kip Winger went from hair-metal joke to Grammy-nominated classical composer — and has the accolades to back him up ...

Grunge shifted pop culture in the 1990s, but these funk rock bands were equally crucial to the rise of alternative music.

We spoke to one of Norway's most emotionally powerful prog metal bands about their upcoming album, their legacy and why ...

Bostonian stoner metal band Gozu have a new album coming out this May dubbed Gozu VI and to mark that announcement, they ...

But our overall winner for the week were black metal godfathers Venom, Lay Down Your Soul tapping into the primordial nastiness that helped spawn metal's most evil subgenre in the first place. This ...

This week we got the lineups for Lollapalooza and Just Like Heaven; Jay-Z announced shows, including 2 at Yankee Stadium ...

As Metallica et al broke through, Kreator, Sodom and Destruction were forging an even harder sound. They recall gigs in coalmines, sessions in steelworks – and boozing with Slayer ...