Avenged Sevenfold have just released a brand new song for the first time in over two years. The modern metal heavyweights ...

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Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

What does heavy rock represent in 2025? Power? Rebellion? Survival? For Alice Cooper and Rob Halford, it’s all of the above. Beyond that, it’s about staying true to themselves and to their fans, while ...

In the late ’60s, American rockers Vanilla Fudge were labelled as psych-rock, but their impact stretches way further than that. The New York-based band, which featured Tim Bogert on bass and vocals, ...

Often considered one of the Big Four of thrash metal, Megadeth was placed alongside Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica. While thrilled to be standing alongside such legendary heavy metal groups, Dave ...

Sabbath, Maiden, Metallica: the story of heavy metal contains plenty of big hitters. Lurking just outside the spotlight, however, are countless albums that deserved far more love than they ever ...

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Here is the favorite Ronnie James Dio song of five rock and metal icons. The legendary singer, who died of stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67, famously fronted Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio ...