Outsiders might think heavy metal is all big scary riffs and songs about Satan and darkness and whatnot, but those in the know understand that some of music's biggest, soppiest, most spectacularly ...

Here are the 11 cheesiest hair metal ballads. Over the years, there have been few subgenres of heavy metal that have been as completely polarizing as the rise of glam metal, or as some say, hair metal ...

Here are the best ballads from 11 big prog metal bands! We recently looked at the best ballad by 11 big prog rock bands, so it’s only fair that we shine the same spotlight on nearly a dozen ...

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 ...