Viewers of Metal Ruled the 80s Season 1 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and when each new episode comes out. It compiles stories from the heyday of metal in the US music industry in ...

Muscles, kidnappings and inflatable hot water bottles – the rise, fall and resurrection of Thor, one of 80s metal’s greatest ...

These heavy metal legends launched back in 1981 and they’re still touring today. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are the only two original members left in the band unless you count Kirk Hammett, who ...

Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic panic” and a lot of parents were concerned about metal music. A lot of ...

Heavy metal first hit the airwaves back in the 1970s and 80s, but many of the elders of metal continue to rock, shred, thrash ...

Did you know Michael Jackson copied Warrant’s early look for his album “Bad”? Or that quintessential ’80s bands Quiet Riot and Twister Sister were actually ’70s bands? Or guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo, ...

Van Halen stars Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar were on the cover of the magazine that month. And inside that October 1987 issue of Guitar Player, a 19-year-old bassist named John Onder was featured ...

What's the best metal album of each year of the 1980s? Let's find out! Building off the collective foundation laid by '70s legends such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Led ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The first heavy metal band to ever top the Billboard Top 200 chart at No. 1 is back on the road again— and they’re making a stop at the Great New York State Fair this summer!