"Don't Fear the Reaper" is Blue Oyster Cult's most successful song, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been widely used in film and television and was included on Rolling Stone's ...

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

Ranking the best albums of any genre is not easy, and metal might be particularly difficult. At least, BBC Music tried.

For some, the 1980s were about neon and new wave, yacht rock and wine coolers, wide lapels and pristine pop. For others, the decade is remembered as a time to don a battle jacket, throw up the horns, ...

Here's the best non-"epic" song (lasting fewer than 10 minutes) from 11 big prog metal bands! Already, Loudwire has looked at the best “epic” song by 10 classic prog rock bands; the best non-“epic” ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Ozzy Osbourne, the self-styled Prince of Darkness, has long been a towering figure in the world of heavy metal, from his ominous beginnings fronting Black Sabbath in the late ’60s to his scintillating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Ozzy Osbourne long stood as the godfather of heavy metal in ...

Here are the five best prog metal covers of Black Sabbath songs! As the inventors of heavy metal – according to most genre fans and journalists, at least – Black Sabbath directly or indirectly ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...