What's the best metal song of each year since 1970? We've got the answer and the runner-up from those years as well! During metal's first decade, which was sparsely populated as the lines between hard rock and what ultimately became heavy metal were still a bit of a blur. It makes...
One of heavy metal's best songs ever, 'Master of Puppets' opens with a crushing guitar riff that carries the tune for over eight and a half minutes. The dynamic opus that covers the theme of drugs and addiction has become a mainstay in Metallica's live set. It's been covered an innu...
Metal Blade Records 1986: Fates Warning, ‘Awaken the Guardian’ Again, the glitzy virtuosity of prog rock wouldn’t meet heavy metal until Dream Theater (more or less), butAwaken the Guardiancertainly set the stage. Doubling down on the ambitious heights of predecessorThe Spectre Within, vocali...
What's the best metal song of each year since 1970? We've got the answer and the runner-up from those years as well! During metal's first decade, which was sparsely populated as the lines between hard rock and what ultimately became heavy metal were still a bit of a blur. It makes...
The Best Rock + Metal Songs of 2024 (So Far) Recapping the best rock and metal songs of 2024 so far. Contributions by Jordan Blum, Chad Childers, Joe DiVita and Lauryn Schaffner. Gallery Credit:Loudwire Staff Arch Enemy, Dream Stealer single art ...
What are the best opening songs on '80s metal albums? We've ranked them all from No. 50 all the way to No. 1. Selecting which song to open your album with is one of the most important parts of making an album. It sets the tone for the record and often endure as some of a ...
Neil Young chalks up his biggest hit to the result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time and finding his electric guitars too heavy, Young found it easier to play acoustics while seated - Heart Of Gold is one of several gentle acoustic songs he wrote in 1971. ...
Top Bass Heavy Songs Ever, Final Thoughts We’ve covered a lot of ground here, but we know we didn’t quite get toeverything. There are so many electronic and hip-hop songs with a bass that booms, and while it is represented here to a lesser degree, frankly there are a lot of son...
Metal Blade Records 1986: Fates Warning, ‘Awaken the Guardian’ Again, the glitzy virtuosity of prog rock wouldn’t meet heavy metal until Dream Theater (more or less), butAwaken the Guardiancertainly set the stage. Doubling down on the ambitious heights of predecessorThe Spectre Within, vocali...
While Impera‘s theme sounds overly serious on paper, it succeeds because of sharp humor and well-crafted (dare we say, pop-metal) songs. Forge, as his alter-ego Papa Emeritus, dances as the world burns, and you can’t help but want to join in. —J.H. 3 Meshuggah, ‘Immutable’ ...