Some hard rock albums are good, and others are straight-up perfect. Most would agree that's the case for these three classic ...

Going even further, in the last 10 years, from May 2015 to the present, of the 297 albums that have been No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart – just eight of them were hard rock titles, ...

From swampy blues to triple-guitar assaults, these 21 essential records define the soul, grit, and enduring legacy of the ...

There were over 35 hard rock and metal albums that went No. 1 in the 2000s. We don't see hard rock and metal top the Billboard 200 very often anymore. As of May 2025, Ghost's Skeleta is only the ...

Before this month, no hard rock act had topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in nearly a half-decade. Now, two have done it in three weeks. How did Sleep Token end up netting such explosive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Linkin Park's Meteora returns to No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums ...

Nickelback’s The Best of Nickelback: Volume 1 returns to No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, climbing across multiple Billboard rankings in a major resurgence. AUSTRALIA - JUNE 01: Photo of ...

The most important classic rock albums of all time include Black Sabbath's Paranoid, Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut, and ...

What were the best hard rock albums of the 1980s? In this feature, we're going to take you through the decade year by year and you'll be able to see how the trajectory of the rock landscape changed ...

Some of the most influential rock albums ever made were basically ignored when they first came out. Radio stations wouldn’t ...

From stadium anthems to punk’s first strike, explore the 21 essential albums that defined rock’s most polished year ...

The '70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles, as well ...