Here is your 2025 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all ... and it's already looking to be another incredible year for heavy music, no matter what you're into.

Today, we consider most "hair metal" bands hard rock bands that had a glamorous aesthetic in the '80s. But back then, people and the media definitely referred to them as metal bands. It's just that ...

Hard rock and heavy metal currently don't have mainstream outlets like MTV to reach the masses, but there has been plenty of great stuff from those two genres since 2000. Here's our list of the ...

In February of that year, EMI released the Metal For Muthas compilation, one that gave the whole NWOBHM concept a major-label ...

Midnight pay homage to the punk and metal of their hometown on the ripper "Cleveland Metal." It's our Heavy Song of the Week.

Two metal acts from Fresno and Spain bring their current tandem tour to Sunday when Haunt and Hitten take the stage at the Bottom of the Hill with local openers Blackwülf.

Chevelle released their first new music in four years, dropping the single "Rabbit Hole (Cowards, Pt. 1)" — our Heavy Song of ...

Portsmouth’s independent hard-rock and heavy metal music festival returns this weekend – and for the first time, it’s over ...