The 21st century is hardly the peak of popularity for hair metal, but plenty of newcomers have released some great albums ...

For about a decade, the guitarist and vocalist Shelby Lermo has led the death/black metal trio Ulthar. When Nails returned with their ferocious comeback album Every Bridge Burning last year, frontman ...

A metal band is headlining Lollapalooza for the first time in three years. The lineup for the 2025 edition of the festival ...

Set for release on June 20, Alestorm’s forthcoming album The Thunderfist Chronicles is the band’s eighth full-length studio effort and their follow up to 2022 album Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum. And ...

this is a dazzling outfit that allows players to feel as though they are truly living out Majima's dream of being a fully-fledged pirate. While Majima certainly suits a Kiss-inspired heavy metal ...

Hopefully these nods to some of the era's biggest and brightest bands helped legitimize hair metal in the eyes of the critical establishment and will pave the way for similar inductions in the future.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii comes out on February 21, but it's far from the first big gaming release on that date. The Like a Dragon series has seen a lot of high points lately ...

Top spot though went to rising Norwegian star STORM, whose Walking Dead showed Harper isn't the only metal wunderkind on the scene right now. As mentioned up top, we've got a diverse selection of ...

Think hair metal and glam rock are dead? Think again. The genres are thriving, mainly in Europe, but also globally. Here is a non-comprehensive list of some modern bands that sound like 80s hair ...

With a name that means ‘mass’ in their native Italian, Messa have played a shamanic and especially slow-paced take on doom metal since starting in 2014. However, as of 2025 single At Races, the band ...