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Battle Axe – Burn This Town Burn this town? More like burn this album cover! Although, apparently this was only supposed to be...
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The 1980s and early 90s saw hard rock and heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into...
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Some of the greatest punk bands of all time have come from The United Kingdom. While you would practically have to be living under...
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How Many Of These Ratt Facts Do You Know?
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Extreme’s most well-known line-up included Gary Cherone – lead vocals, Nuno Bettencourt – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, Paul Geary – drums, and Pat Badger...
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Formed in 1982 by Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham, Cinderella was one of the biggest bands of the ’80s rock and metal era. Following...
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Japan has had an enormous effect on the worldwide entertainment industry. Even Star Wars has been influenced by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. Their music...
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Starting out as a teenager alongside fellow rocker Joan Jett in the now legendary band “The Runaways”, Lita Ford would go on to pursue...
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#1 Ministry Album: Moral HygieneLabel: Nuclear BlastRelease Date: October 1, 2021 Never one to shy away from expressing his feelings about societal problems, Uncle...
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As big of a band as Twisted Sister was, it’s kind of amazing that they only released five full studio albums during their career....
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In no particular order, the top 5 Grunge bands of the 90s were Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, and Pearl Jam....
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Many great animes and cartoons have amazing opening themes. Many characters from these shows are also associated with songs because of YouTubers making AMV...
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During the 80’s hard rock ruled the airwaves. Quiet Riot’s Metal Health became the first #1 metal album of all time. Soon after the...
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For every Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Van Halen, There were many other bands that were really good, but somehow didn’t quite make it...
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When Guns N’ Roses released Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II on the same day back in 1991, a lot of...
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If Ozzy Osbourne has done one thing right with his solo career, it’s been employing some of the best hard rock and metal guitarists...
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For this list, a band must have several Christian members, and many of their lyrics must be faith-inspired. The band also has to have...
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Motley Crue is a legendary band that became not only one of the biggest bands of the 80s but one of the biggest bands...
80s Rock & Pop
KISS released 8 studio albums during the 1980s. These albums cover a lot of territory including the albums that most likely saved and re-invigorated...
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Australia…the land down under provided some really good metal and hard rock bands during the 1980s. While one of these bands went on to...
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Canada has produced some great metal bands over the years. This list is based on what was considered heavy metal during the 80s. Today,...
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#15 Aion Formed in 1983 by guitarist Izumi Ochiai, Aion started out as a thrash band but would later develop into more of a...
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# 15 Rage Rage actually formed in Germany in 1984 under the name Avenger but changed their name to Rage in 1985 after another...
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Metal has been around for over half a century. Many stars have risen during that time. From the new wave of British heavy metal...
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Sure, everyone who’s a true metal fan knows about “The Big 4” of Thrash, but do you know the other 46 bands that make...
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(Editor’s Intro) For some people, the world of Christian rock and the world of music outside that realm are two completely spaces. It’s surprising...
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The Importance of Stryper In Metal A lot of people just assume Stryper was only big for Christian music. Yes, they paved the way...
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Who says loud music is demonic? Besides the church. And parents. And the black metal fans. And the PMRC. Okay, okay. But the Bible...
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Some of the greatest pioneers of music have been metal artists, ever since the inception of the genre. Black Sabbath, widely credited with creating...
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From the early 2000s to the 2010s emo culture seemed to take over. For some, it was the next big thing. Some considered it...
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Check out this recent list of accomplishments by Dirty Honey, the band that’s hit the rock scene like an explosion. These guys are the...
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For this list, I will be counting down the best double-stringed assaulters of our parent’s ears in heavy metal. This also includes sub-genres such...
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Quiet Riot was around for a long time before they made it big. Originally with the legendary Randy Rhoads at guitar, they released two...
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I don’t know about everyone else, but I for one, am sick of seeing interview after interview with former Judas Priest guitarist, K.K. Downing...
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Recently there’s been a lot of talk about reunions of the bands Van Halen and Pantera. Which begs the question “Are you out of...
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What if Stephen Pearcy had auditioned for Motley Crue when Vince Neil left and had become their new singer instead of John Corabi? I...
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Grunge music exploded commercially with the first riff of Nirvana’s “Smell Like Teen Spirit”. The scene became huge very quickly with bands like Alice...
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The XS ROCK Featured Artist Holy Mother simply has to be heard to be believed. The band is a great mix of traditional metal...
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The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal,...
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The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal,...
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The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal,...
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Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has started his own band called KK’s Priest. The band featuring Downing on guitars, AJ Mills on guitar,...
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While KISS still has some dates to resume on their “End Of The Road” Tour, it appears that the end of KISS is near....
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The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal,...
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The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal,...
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The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal,...
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Okay, let’s talk about this for a minute. I seriously can’t be the only guy that thought at least one of the band members...
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Anytime you write an article like this, you’re going to get some salty comments about your opinion. And that’s okay. I’d expect nothing less. ...
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One of XS ROCK’s most popular articles has been our article on 25 Great Hard Rock Albums Of The ’80s That You Might Have...
Alternative / Punk
Recently, we published the article “10 Bands That Helped Form The Gothic Rock Movement” which you can read here. Now, we’re going to start...
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If you’re a fan of Gothic Rock and you haven’t heard all of these bands before, by all means, check them out. These bands...
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Def Leppard is arguably one of the most successful bands to emerge from the 80’s hard rock and heavy metal scene. The band found...
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You wanted the best….you got the best! Now here are some of their worst albums These 10 artists are some of hard rocks’ most...
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On March 22nd, Netflix premiered “The Dirt”, the biopic about the infamous and sordid details of lives of Motley Crue. Having read the book,...
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01. Stryper-Stryper has to be at the top of this list. Not because I think they’re the best, but because their contribution to Christian...
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From the late 80’s into the early 90’s Winger built momentum and became an overnight sensation, in part thanks to heavy rotation of their...
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During the 80’s glam and melodic metal ruled the airwaves. For all of the bands that made it big, there were plenty of other...
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During the 80’s hard rock ruled the airwaves. Quiet Riot’s Metal Health became the first #1 metal album of all time. Soon after the...
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The Most Successful Bands To Change Singers While many bands have tried, only a few have been really successful with switching lead singers after...
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPANESE HARD ROCK AND METAL Part One Recently, there has been a lot of publicity around the Japanese band Babymetal....
