Are they rock or are they metal? There are a handful of bands whose genre labels we can't seem to agree on from time to time. You may have noticed that a lot of our ...

Here are 25 rock and metal bands you might not know, but will in 2025. It’s no secret — being a new (or new-ish) band means putting yourself, your music, your ambition and all your hopes and dreams, ...

The "Big 4" is a phrase that's long described the four bands that served as the foundation of thrash metal — Metallica, ...

In a nutshell, progressive rock kicked off in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when distinctive and imaginative artists experimented with particularly complex arrangements, lengthy track lengths, ...

Their brilliant debut album First Utterance (1970) is highly recommended. A chilling, hypnotic blend of psych-folk and ...

The roots of the Thin Lizzy story go back to the mid-1960s, where two school pals, Philip Lynott – the illegitimate son of a ...

The ’90s brought an onslaught of classic rock and metal albums. The decade saw the rise of subgenres like nu-metal and grunge. At the same time, punk underwent a mild mainstream makeover and launched ...

Before these three classic rock bands were selling out stadiums with their own names, they launched their careers as opening ...

A rock band has returned to the stage for the first time since a co-founding member’s death. Limp Bizkit performed Saturday at Explanada Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, dedicating the show to ...

As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and metal ...