10 classic albums that artists never matched again
Any artist is looking to make that one watershed record, but these albums ended up coming at a cost for the legends who made them.
The mysterious late 60s album that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt says invented Satanic rock
Speaking to Metal Hammer in 2019, Åkerfeldt pointed to another album danced with the devil several months before Black Sabbath’s debut album came out. Formed in Chicago in 1966 and fronted by teenage ...
Why Zakk Wylde swapped Black Label Society and metal for southern rock on Book Of Shadows 2
Southern rock and country music has always been part of Black Label Society leader and Ozzy Osbourne right-hand-man Zakk Wylde’s DNA. But 2016’s solo album Book Of Shadows 2 found Zakk leaning into ...
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At The Grammys, Old Heads Are Holding Back Rap And Rock
If you’ve read a take on the upcoming 67th Grammy Awards, happening this weekend, it may have been something about what a ...
They thought this ‘miracle’ metal would change the world – until people started to die
The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...
Megan Thee Stallion Takes Over Paris in a Studded Headpiece, Nearly Nude Thong Bodysuit and Metal Harness
See Megan Thee Stallion rock a metal headpiece, body harness and ultra-sheer bodysuit front row at the Gaurav Gupta Haute ...
Rift of the Necrodancer review: this Guitar Hero riff seriously rocks
Rift of the Necrodancer deconstructs the challenges of music performance and ingeniously reshapes them into the best Guitar ...
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I used to feel like a geek for loving prog metal. In 2025, it’s taking over the world – and I couldn’t be happier!
Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal ...