The triumphs, the bottlings, the rucks, the rain – long-running festival Monsters Of Rock changed hard rock and heavy metal ...

esteemed and influential bands, Iron Maiden are every bit as important to the foundation of heavy metal as they are to the pillars of modern rock. Coming out of the east London music scene in 1975 ...

However, they aren’t among the best European metal bands solely for their role in the genre. Black Sabbath is one of the ...

the four-day heavy-metal/rock fest to unfold May 15-18 at Daytona International Speedway, but the more than 150 bands to be showcased have been assigned spots on the festival’s five outdoor stages.

The hard rock band went on to sell over 100 million records ... musicological historians will look back at the 1990s phenomenon of fusing heavy metal and rap - nu metal - and surely declare ...