Columbus welcomed more than 140 hard rock and heavy metal bands for this year’s Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival May 14-17. Held Thursday through Sunday at Historic Crew Stadium, the four-day ...

The 1986 cult favorite 'Trick or Treat' has returned to the conversation after being named one of the most metal movies ever.

The cult animated film became a rock-and-roll phenomenon thanks to one of the most legendary heavy metal soundtracks of the ...

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, ...

Hard rock and heavy metal band Ghost just ended a four-year drought on the Billboard 200 chart for rock music. The band’s latest record Skeletá has officially hit no. 1 on the chart, outperforming ...

You might not know these rock and metal bands, but you should by the end of 2026. From hard rock to hardcore, nearly every subgenre of rock and metal is seeing a surge of new acts that deserve to be ...

The thunderous track became one of hard rock’s most influential songs despite never topping the charts.

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 ...

Despite a magnificent, state-of-the-art heavy metal production job, and being superior to anything released by Maiden in ...

The 20 best hard rock and metal albums of 1986 run the gamut from thrash to pop-metal, reflecting the vast array of heavy music subgenres that were catching fire as the decade entered its second half.