Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queensrÿche is keeping the momentum going throughout 2026. The veteran heavy metal band just added a new date to their previously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pantera delivered a heartfelt tribute to the iconic frontman of the legendary English heavy metal band Motörhead, Lemmy. The late ...

WARLORD is set for a long-awaited milestone this year as the heavy metal band embarks on its first-ever North American tour. Formed in the early ‘80s by drummer Mark Zonder and the late guitarist ...

W.A.S.P. is officially heading back on the road, and this time, they're revisiting the era that defined them. The band has announced the 1984 To Headless 2026 North America Tour, a run that will ...

An iconic heavy metal band founded in the '80s kept things low-key on Wednesday as they were spotted leaving their Sydney hotel. The trio of rockers kept their faces hidden beneath hats and dark ...

Here are 10 producers who defined the sound of metal in the 1980s. The rise of hard rock and heavy metal in the '80s coincided with major changes in how heavy music was not only recorded and mixed, ...

These are our picks for the "Big 4" bands (and artists) of 1980s metal. That of course doesn't mean that there are only four legendary thrash bands, it just means they're the bands that are most ...

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 ...

Heavy metal had been slowly growing in popularity for decades by the time it hit its commercial peak. The ’80s are considered mainly the heyday of heavy metal in its official definition. That being ...

They may have called Dee Snider and Twisted Sister a “two-hit wonder,” but those hits were loud enough to last a lifetime and now he’s turning 71.