The triumphs, the bottlings, the rucks, the rain – long-running festival Monsters Of Rock changed hard rock and heavy metal ...

Many bands from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM for short ... It also laid the foundation for glam and hair metal's success in the subsequent years. 1980's hair metal mixed glam ...

Iron Maiden are one of the most successful, acclaimed and important heavy metal bands in history ... with the release of their 1980 debut album and ’81’s ‘Killers,’ featuring singer ...

Judas Priest is one of heavy metal’s most important bands — the ultimate defenders ... reflected his closeted gay lifestyle. Come 1980’s pivotal ‘British Steel’ LP, a slightly more ...