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 ...

To many people, the mention of metal or heavy music brings to mind venues full of guys with beards, long hair, and patch-covered vests. While the metal world is indisputably male-dominated, many women ...

Here are the 11 cheesiest hair metal ballads. Over the years, there have been few subgenres of heavy metal that have been as completely polarizing as the rise of glam metal, or as some say, hair metal ...

Beethoven once said music can change the world. Well, a trio of girls from Indonesia are proving that's true. Firda Marsya Kurnia, Widi Rahmawati, and Euis Siti Aisyah were just three teenagers from a ...

In the early years of hair metal, the Sunset Strip bands were more akin to The New York Dolls’ glam punk than what emerged on MTV in the mid-80s. Some bands, like Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns, ...

Today, we will be revealing the five best examples of the intriguing phenomenon known as the black metal ballad, though it might seem like a contradiction in terms. A decent list of self-proclaimed ...

Write off our list of The Best Ballad From 11 Big Hair Metal Bands at your own risk — there’s way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe. Hair metal — glam metal, pop-metal, ...

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known for its hotshot guitar players and over-the-top showmanship. But ...