I normally don’t find myself liking much metal past its late-‘60s to early-‘70s beginnings. Too much fantastical speculation for my tastes, too much macho guitar posturing. But at their best,...
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The band Led Zeppelin is pretty much synonymous with classic rock, and hard rock in general—so much so that the stylistic variety of their music is often overlooked. Jimmy Page...
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Seattle band Alice in Chains played their heavy metal slow and gritty. It’s no wonder they were so often lumped in with the grunge rock crowd. Their distinctive sound sprung…
And so we have heavy metal, in it’s first pure incarnation. Vibrant, edgy guitar riffs, thundering bass, pounding and cascading drums—and cutting through them all is Ozzy Osbourne’s pinched, nasally,…
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