Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford, Corey Taylor and Amy Lee on stage at various gigs. Outsiders might think heavy metal is all big scary ...

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello co-directs this adoring bio-doc tracing the British band’s 50-year journey from the industrial Midlands to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. By David Rooney ...

The glam metal band Warrant released one of the late '80s hit power ballads, but received some backlash from the rock community.

When a heartfelt ballad is on the setlist, that’s when the lighters—or phones—come out, the mosh pit calms down and the crowd starts slowly swaying back and forth. Even rock stars have a soft side and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

Rock ballads are the perfect vehicle for feelings of nostalgia. The slower tempos often cause listeners to slow down themselves. Reflect on the past, perhaps long for it. Music can be like a great ...

How did heavy metal — or just metal, as it's colloquially called — become the term that identifies the outgrowth of rock music that's more powerful and aggressive, with distorted guitars, thunderous ...