Metal playlists from the underground
Download and print your 2014 March Madness brackets right here to determine the ultimate band of hard rock and heavy metal. This blank tournament bracket is for you to fill in and discuss with your fellow metal heads. How to play: 1. Print out your bracket 2. Pick the most awesome band in each battle […]
Zakk Wylde earned his stripes as Ozzy Osbourne’s lead guitarist in the late 80s and beyond. He formed Black Label Society at the end of the 90s and produced some of the most blistering songs ever heard. With ten solid studio albums featuring great tracks like “Stillborn,” “Suicide Messiah,” “Parade of the Dead,” “Fire it […]
There are so many great hard rock and heavy metal bands that begin with the letter “D.” Today the Gears of Rock presents the 10 best bands in history to start with D: #1. Def Leppard #2. Deep Purple #3. Dio #4. Diamond Head #5. Dream Theater #6. Danzig #7. Down #8. Deftones #9. Dokken […]
AC/DC is one of the greatest, if not the greatest of the, all-time hard rock bands. They have an incredible catalog that stretches back to 1975 and continues to grow to this day with a new album expected in 2014. Here are the top 10 greatest AC/DC albums of all-time, according to the Gears of […]
The alphabetical edition of the Top 10 Greatest Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands listing continues today with the letter “C.” Here are the 10 best bands that begin with C: #1. Cinderella #2. Corrosion of Conformity #3. Cacophony #4. Cannibal Corpse #5. Coheed and Cambria #6. Children of Bodom #7. Chevelle #8. Coal Chamber […]
Gears of Rock presents the best songs by the Boston hard rock band Extreme. Here are the Top 10 Extreme songs: #1. “Play with Me” #2. “He-Man Woman Hater” #3. “Get the Funk Out” #4. “Run” #5. “Mutha (Don’t Want to Go to School Today)” #6. “Decadence Dance” #7. “Kid Ego” 8. “Pornograffitti” 9. “Comfortably […]
The Top 10 Greatest Bands A to Z in hard rock and heavy metal that begin with the letter “B”: #1. Black Sabbath #2. Black Label Society #3. Blue Oyster Cult #4. Bad Company #5. Bon Jovi #6. Biohazard #7. Budgie #8. Black ‘n Blue #9. Blitzkrieg #10. Bullet for My Valentine More Top 10 […]
Here are the Top 10 greatest songs by the hard rock band Nickelback, according to the Gears of Rock: #1. “Burn it to the Ground” #2. “Side of a Bullet” #3. “Something in Your Mouth” #4. “Animals” #5. “How You Remind Me” #6. “Rockstar” #7. “Bottoms Up” #8. “Photograph” #9. “Someday” #10. “This Means War” […]
In this series of posts, the Gears of Rock is counting down the 10 greatest hard rock and heavy metal bands by letter of the alphabet. We call this Top 10 Bands A to Z. Here are the 10 most spectacular bands that begin with the letter A: #1. AC/DC #2. Aerosmith #3. Anthrax #4. Alice […]
My favorite album of the week is the new covers EP from Halestorm called “ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP.” I have been a longtime fan of this band’s re-creations since hearing their rendition of Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind,” which might be the best cover of all time. On the band’s second covers EP, […]