The 1980s gave us some of the most collected and beloved metal albums in history, with bands like Metallica, Def Leppard, and Judas Priest defining an era. These records didn’t just sell — they became ...

Jeff Cornell is a veteran music and entertainment writer, who has contributed to Variety, Billboard, Loudwire, The Hollywood Reporter, and MTV. The 80s marked a decade of incredible growth and ...

Sustaining momentum from album to album was no easy feat in the 80s. New acts and artists popped out of the woodwork from all angles to compete. Many were the acts that struggled to follow up on ...

The '80s proved to be a tricky decade for rock stars who rose to fame in the '60s or '70s. From drum machines and synthesizers to the rise of music television, their whole world pretty much flipped on ...

Rock’s boldest decade produced a fleet of towering debut LPs. Guns N’ Roses’ “Appetite for Destruction” in 1987, Ozzy Osbourne’s “Blizzard of Ozz” in ’80, Motley Crue’s “Too Fast For Love” in ’81, ...

I cannot say with certainty how many Rock albums are currently available worldwide. I can only speculate that the number is probably in the hundreds of millions. The number would be hard to calculate ...

Not every album finds its audience out of the gate and in this feature we're shining a spotlight on 10 1980s rock albums that should have been bigger than their initial returns that seem to have ...

The 1980s thrash metal scene produced some of the most iconic and sought-after albums in heavy music history. From Metallica’s genre-defining riffs to Slayer’s blistering speed, these records continue ...

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