Even with “Thank You” and “Ramble On” on Led Zeppelin II, critics considered the LP the birth of metal. (Many still do.) And after III, some wondered if the Zep would pick a lane (i.e., hard or soft).

On May 29, 1983, the four members of LA rock band Quiet Riot realised they were on to something big... It was ‘Heavy Metal Day’ at the US Festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino, ...

“All over the internet, they talk about the influence of Vanilla Fudge,” Appice says. “If Vanilla Fudge had stuck together, ...

The retrospective book chronicles the highs and the lows that come with running a sustained DIY record label and Zazula hadn't even fully realized his meteoric impact on the entire of heavy metal ...

When you hear Jimmy Page talk about the music of Led Zeppelin, there’s a phrase he uses often: “light and shade.” Page will use it to describe the two sides to the band (i.e., the heavy attack versus ...

No callers are identified. No conversations are recorded. No phone records are kept. Now speak clearly and when you are finished say: 'Go ahead'.

Tool and Led Zeppelin come together in "Zober," an arresting mash-up of the former's "Sober" with the latter's "Kashmir" put together by burgeoning alt-metal act Spirit Machines. Should one need any ...

The death of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne this July, and the huge reaction it provoked worldwide, represented ...