Top 10

It’s hard to believe we retrospectively covered nearly a decade’s worth of metal greatness this year. From our 1989 list published way back in February […]

In the late 80s, as glam metal became more slick and radio accessible, one band of leather-clad bad boys set out to take the style […]

Ready to feel old? All of the albums in today’s top 10 are now 25 years old. That means if you were among the crop […]

1970 is widely regarded by metal historians as the year metal was born, and you can’t really blame them. Albums like Black Sabbath’s self titled […]

Whereas the former half of the 90s saw extreme metal at its rawest and most brutal, the latter half saw the underground black and death […]

Yesterday, as I was spinning Accept’s Restless and Wild to commemorate its 40th anniversary, the idea for this Top 10 popped in my head. Specifically, […]

We’re halfway through the 90s and metal is officially a quarter of a century old! We’ve sure come a long way from the hazy, burnout […]

I’ve attempted to come up with today’s Top 10 on at least two prior occasions, only to scrap it in frustration. Why? Because Cirith Ungol […]

1994 marked a major turning point for underground metal; specifically black metal, which reached a boiling point. Having been plagued by murder, arson, and suicide, […]

Over the weekend, the hard and heavy world was shook by the announcement that after 28 years, Steve Morse was leaving Deep Purple. For those […]