Outsiders might think heavy metal is all big scary riffs and songs about Satan and darkness and whatnot, but those in the know understand that some of music's biggest, soppiest, most spectacularly ...

Though rock ballads weren’t novel, the hair metal version became a unique kind of beast. The perfect vehicle to drain as much cringe from the Spinal Tap as is humanly possible. So, I’m here to remind ...

The power ballad was just as essential to the 1980s as hairspray, shoulder pads, and neon. Here are three of the best.

The ’80s were rock’s ultimate guitar decade. The shredding, fingerboard-tapping, dive-bombs and epic power-ballad solos. And most importantly, gargantuan riffs fans could air-guitar to. Many top ’80s ...

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

Have you ever listened to a tear-jerking heart song and thought, "This could really use some blast beats"? If so, then you should probably check out the new collaboration between Trivium's Matt Heafy ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these ...