Making a widely read list isn't easy, as not everybody is going to agree with your choices. Since its release last week, Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs has sparked plenty ...

Thousands of years after the Bronze and Iron Ages, the true Metal Age dawned half a century ago. In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord ...

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