Write off our list of The Best Ballad From 11 Big Hair Metal Bands at your own risk — there's way more substance here than ...

And of course, Hammett says Black Sabbath’s first three albums “are like gospel” to metalheads. Specifically, the Exodus co-founder lists the 1975 song “Symptom of the Universe” as one that changed ...

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield revealed a tattoo he got in honor of a metal legend that included their ashes.

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