We're changing things up a bit this week, asking you for your preferred hard rock style. Do you always have your lighter ready for a killer tender-hearted power ballad or would you prefer a little ...

Hair metal flexed its muscle in the late 70s. These four power ballads showed the softer side of these heavy acts.

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The 20 best hard rock and metal albums of 1986 run the gamut from thrash to pop-metal, reflecting the vast array of heavy music subgenres that were catching fire as the decade entered its second half.

The glam metal band Warrant released one of the late '80s hit power ballads, but received some backlash from the rock ...

Heavy music was at war with itself in 1985 — and from the conflict emerged a slew of groundbreaking albums from one of hard rock and metal's most consequential years. Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's no question that grunge was starting to take over the music scene back in the early '90s, but the days of hair metal weren ...

Today, we will be revealing the five best examples of the intriguing phenomenon known as the black metal ballad, though it might seem like a contradiction in terms. A decent list of self-proclaimed ...