Decades after its rise, heavy metal has found its place in mainstream music, but it didn’t come without a fight.

Heavy metal did not emerge from a single song or artist, but from decades of musical experimentation that gradually pushed ...

For heavy metal fans, the songs on this list are obvious. But say you are new to the genre, the tracks below represent a primer on heavy anthems. If you are starting a band, you might do well by ...

This famed song has a bass guitar line that stands out. It comes at you all at once, and it’s been rocking since 1970.

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham influenced heavy metal music when Page continued the heavy blues he’d begun with The Yardbirds. They certainly had aspects of what became ...

Rock and metal still have their wild moments, but these days have nothing on the 20th century. The 1970s, '80s and '90s were full of chaos and decadence. Heavy metal was essentially born in 1970, ...

Roger Daltrey insists that The Who "were the first heavy metal band" in a new interview, claiming they laid the groundwork ...

The Who singer shares his reasons why he feels they pioneered metal and even cites Deep Purple giving them credit as well.