Loudwire Staff

We count down the greatest bassists in hard rock and metal history.

While frontmen and guitarists get a lot of the glory in rock bands, drummers are very much a driving force behind the music, especially when it comes to hard rock and heavy metal.

Loudwire counts down the Top 50 Metal Bands of All Time.

Loudwire makes its picks for the Top 66 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time.

Take a look at some of the biggest rock and metal headlines so far in 2016.

According to a police report, Frances Bean Cobain's estranged husband Isaiah Silva was allegedly accosted by Sam Lufti, former manager of Courtney Love.

We have exclusive footage of the band's surprise performance at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, plus we are giving away a pair of tickets to a U.S. GN'R show.

Loudwire counts down the Top 100 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century.

Nikki Sixx has been in a war of words with KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in recent weeks. See what he tells Loudwire about the situation.

Loudwire counts down the Top 70 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1970s.

Sometimes, less is more and these traditional power trios have made some of rock and metal’s most epic music.

Shocking news! James Hetfield has quit Metallica to join alternative rock group the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.