When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these five hair metal bands shows that some groups managed to adapt to the times ...

Some might find power ballads to be cheesy, but I think a few songs from 1984 are emotionally devastating in the best way.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Big hair and big hooks, power chords and power ballads, leather and spandex, pointy-ass guitars and lyrics that would definitely get you canceled. Despite all this — or ...

Who doesn’t love a good rock ballad? Even the most vapid of operatic rock love songs are still quite good songs in their own right. However, there’s something so emotional and raw about a song that ...

If you were to time-warp back to 2001 and tell people that Slipknot will create one of the most vulnerable and evocative ballads in metal, they’d laugh in your face. The Nine rocketed to prominence ...

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known for its hotshot guitar players and over-the-top showmanship. But ...

The Swedish theatrical rock band Ghost is bringing its just-announced tour to Louisville.The KFC Yum! Center will be host to the band which is known for its rock opera-like metal ballads, elaborate ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...