The first time Striker played in Albuquerque was in 2018 when the band was on tour with Death Angel. Since then, it won Heavy ...

"When we wrote our music," Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton says, "we weren’t writing it to fit in a category or a trend." ...

But for in-the-know classic metal fans, the EP and Queensrÿche ... It’s something that could have fit back in the ‘80s or the ...

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It’s been 12 years since the release of Living Like a Runaway, the last true studio album from ’80s metal legend and former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford. She released an album called Time Capsule in ...

Bottom line, 1978’s Van Halen is the world’s first hair metal album. Sadly, it’s the death of Bon Scott on February 19, 1980, that “ushered in” the ’80s for many of us teenage ...

Epica released their latest studio work, the collaborations-heavy EP The Alchemy Project, in 2022. Metal Hammer called it “a ...

NPR music critic and correspondent Ann Powers is here to talk us through the new album. Hey ... on our greatest hits of the '80s compilations or whatever. But then there's also this, like, totally ...

Metal bands have proven to have a prominent longevity throughout the years and that still surprises people. That is something ...

The '80s were filled with all-star collaborations on ballads and for the Footloose soundtrack we got the pairing of Heart 's Ann Wilson and Loverboy 's Mike Reno. The song was actually penned by ...

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Poison promise a big celebration by playing at least 40 shows in ...

For Stryper, 2024 year has been all about looking back for a group that paved the way for Christian metal. Michael Sweet’s ...