The turn of the century saw a ton of innovation in extreme metal, particularly in regards to tone, songwriting structure, and quality of production. Despite being all but kneecapped in the ’90s due to ...

The New Wave of American Heavy Metal was an exciting period in time for, well, American heavy metal. As we emerged from the nü metal-induced fog of the late ’90s and early 2000s, a new crop of metal ...

It's no easy task to rank the 30 best songs of the 2000s, but we're gonna give it our best shot. The 2000s were a golden era of music, giving us a blend of genres and influences that shaped the ...

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

Musician Ronnie James Dio attends Ronnie James Dio Autograph Session on July 18, 1984 at Warehouse Records in Glendora, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) ...

Common wisdom says that, when a song becomes beloved, it gets played a lot. However, that’s not inherently the case. What a fan-base wants to hear and what an artist wants to play live can sometimes ...