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There were over 35 hard rock and metal albums that went No. 1 in the 2000s. We don't see hard rock and metal top the Billboard 200 very often anymore. As of May 2025, Ghost's Skeleta is only the ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

Metalheads have always found transcendence, exultation, and deliverance in music’s heaviest genre where everyone else has heard noise. Sometimes you need to feel like the sound coming out of your ...

Here is the best album by 35 legendary metal bands. This is a classic case of the best of the best, exploring more than 50 years of greatness in heavy metal and many representatives of its numerous ...

The once-maligned genre of nu metal has since been re-evaluated as the important, influential, unique moment for music and culture that it always was, and it’s been everywhere lately, so we’ve been ...

After decades in the commercial wilderness, metalmusic is currently enjoying a sizable renaissance. With both Ghost and Sleep Token enjoying number 1 albums in the United States for the first time in ...