And while keeping our minds open to the basic definition of metal (weighty riffs turned up to 11), we debated the fine lines between hard rock and ... 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time.

Here are the best rock and metal songs of 2023 so far ... it's perhaps the most active heavy music has ever been. No, rock is not dead — far from it! The momentum is finally shifting back ...

Here are the 30 best rock and metal songs of 2023. New music was everywhere this year. With a couple thousand albums falling under the rock/metal/punk/etc. umbrella, we're talking about well over ...

Heavy blues rock with a smoky, primal heartbeat and cavernous ... Have You Got Soul. “The song portrays an irresistible, seductive, almost supernatural force,” singer Clarke Vaughan says ...

Ronnie James Dio's albums with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell and Dio helped define what a hard rock singer can ...

However, I think a few pop hits from back in the day would be even better if they were heavy, intense rock songs. Let’s look at just three examples, along with a few rock covers that prove my point.

In the below list of the Top 35 Southern Rock Songs, as chosen by the UCR staff ... Their pop hooks went a long way to getting the band’s videos in heavy rotation on the nascent music video ...

And with the popularity of new wave and heavy metal, southern rock was out ... Below, in my opinion, are the nine best southern rock songs from the ‘90s. Nashville band Screamin’ Cheetah ...