Lesser-Known Metal Albums Featuring 80s Stars You Missed…Just because the 80s ended doesn’t mean the artists who were popular in the 80s hard rock and metal scene stopped releasing new albums in a similar musical style. Bible Black –...
Rock Music Featured Articles
Here’s where you’ll find some of the best articles on XS ROCK. Featured articles contain some of the site’s cornerstone material and feature a wide variety of musical genres from rock, hard rock, metal, alternative, goth, darkwave, electronic, and more.
Where Can I Download Free Legal Music? This is a question we often get asked. Surprisingly, there is still an amazing amount of free music available to download legally and keep, even in the age of streaming music. And...
Van Halen hit the scene with their debut album and never looked back. If you want to relive his explosive guitar work, this playlist of the dirtiest riffs by Eddie Van Halen will take you straight to the heart...
Rock Artists We Lost In 2025…With the beginning of a new year, we close out 2025 with an in memoriam list of music artists who passed away this year. Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull) died on December 19th, 2025, from...
Electro Industrial Pioneers Skinny Puppy co-founder Cevin Key has issued the following news regarding his recurrence of cancer: “Hi Guys. So this week I have been at the doctor getting a Biopsy on a suspicious lump on my face....
Accept is one of the most well-known German rock bands worldwide, along with The Scorpions and Rammstein. The band has released 17 studio albums including Accept (1979), I’m a Rebel (1980), Breaker (1981), Restless and Wild (1982), Balls to...
The 90s were the decade of Alternative Rock Music. The styles ranged from folk to grunge, indie, punk, and electronic, among others. The decade saw bands like Nirvana, Garbage, The Goo-Goo Dolls, and Nine Inch Nails take over the...
So, Get Your Mix Tapes Ready To Rock! 80s Rewind Skating World Gets Ready To Go “Back In Time”…For the majority of rock fans, or really any genre of music, our favorite songs accompany most of our favorite activities....
Metallica needs no introduction…as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, they have weathered turmoil, disaster, and heartbreak over their more than 40 years on the scene. The band has had some ups and downs in their...
Since the inception of Gothic Rock, a wide range of bands and artists have presented their take on the music, their visual style, and the culture itself. From Traditional Gothic, Gothic Industrial and Darkwave, Gothic Metal, and even Gothic...
