Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Sylosis, Metallica, Slayer and Machine Head Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a ...

The 1980s: the glory days of metal. What can we say about a decade of heavy music that hasn't already been said? We've all spent time arguing about the best metal bands, songs, guitarists, and just ...

A 1978 metal hit was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time and it still stands up today.

Thousands of years after the Bronze and Iron Ages, the true Metal Age dawned half a century ago. In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord ...

A 1992 heavy metal hit was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time and the man who created the sound was murdered.

The 1970s was an interesting time for heavy metal. Black Sabbath helped birth the genre at the very beginning of the decade, and a host of other legendary bands followed suit. Along with Black Sabbath ...