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The '80s saw the emergence of hard rock and metal, bolstered by a new format -- the music video. The arrival of MTV provided a visual outlet unlike anything that had come before it, making the rock ...

There has long been a debate if heavy music and politics mix, with some arguing they do not. But if you look back at the history of heavy metal, protest and resistance are within its DNA. The music ...

These heavy metal legends launched back in 1981 and they’re still touring today. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are the only two original members left in the band unless you count Kirk Hammett, who ...

There are several underrated 80s metal singers who never got the credit they deserved at a time when the genre was very ...

The ’80s were rock’s ultimate guitar decade. The shredding, fingerboard-tapping, dive-bombs and epic power-ballad solos. And most importantly, gargantuan riffs fans could air-guitar to. Many top ’80s ...

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 ...

Heavy metal has been going strong since the '70s, but if you look purely at the sales figures, the style enjoyed its commercial peak during the '80s. The new decade couldn’t have started out any ...