The MTV collection is being uploaded chronologically under the apt title “’80s MTV VHS Recordings 1981 to 1989 Collection”. So far, most of the footage features everything you would have ...

Heavy Metal Parking Lot caught on, not through official distribution channels, but through an underground network of fans that would dub VHS copies ... I think we thought MTV would be interested ...

“MTV was a visual medium,” Dee Snider says in The ‘80s Metal Dream, “and they were quickly scurrying around to find bands that were visually interesting.” It was therefore ideal that ...

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards show wasn’t heavy on metal—to say the least—yet the genre is rocking the album-sales charts.

What what was the first heavy metal video to make the MTV airwaves? That honor goes to Iron Maiden, who were just an emerging band at the time with their self-titled debut disc arriving in 1980.

A head-banging bride and groom found a way to amp up their “most heavy metal wedding ever” — by ... In the resulting, MTV-worthy clip, Danger can be seen rocking a big ’80s-style hairstyle ...

In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord opening guitar riff to the song “Black Sabbath,” consecrating the first pure heavy-metal ...

Hard rock and heavy metal have always been about excess ... takes place at a New Year's Eve countdown concert hosted by an MTV-style television host named Blaze. The killer calls Blaze to tell ...

Time and time again, heavy metal bands burst onto the scene hoping ... They were being featured by MTV and found themselves performing alongside the likes of Alice Cooper and Warrant.