Here are 10 essential rock and metal ’80s albums you should own on vinyl. The ’80s were a really interesting time in heavy music because that was when rock and metal really started splintering off ...

Here are 10 producers who defined the sound of metal in the 1980s. The rise of hard rock and heavy metal in the '80s coincided with major changes in how heavy music was not only recorded and mixed, ...

The history of heavy metal music dates back to the ‘60s, when blues rock bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple paved the way for a louder, more aggressive subgenre. But as the genre ...