Heavy metal may have been polarising from the minute things started getting darker, but only one band was able to claim the title first.

The roots of metal can be traced back to 1950s blues, when guitarists started ... A brief history of rock music: part one The first heavy metal acts are considered to be Led Zeppelin, Black ...

and Motörhead’s music embodied that spirit ... One of the earliest true heavy metal bands, Cardiff’s Budgie took the blues rock and prog of the 1960s and gave it some extra crunch.

Trying to narrow down the 25 greatest heavy metal guitarists in the history of the genre wasn't easy. But, we gave it a try, and had fun doing it. Here we go.

“Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was rehearsing for the tour that brings him to House of Blues on Frid ...

Metal Allegiance will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a show at House of Blues ... s a lot of music of all different genres, too. I think for us, to be able to provide the heavy metal backdrop ...