The 21st century is hardly the peak of popularity for hair metal, but plenty of newcomers have released some great albums ...

Our list of the Best Hair Metal Album of Every Year From 1981 to 1991 proves that before it was relegated to the dustbin of ...

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The bands that had once thrived on the colorful, over-the-top glam of the '80s now found themselves faced with a new reality. Many hair metal bands released albums throughout the 1990s and beyond ...

While, yes, some of these groups made massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s, they were either already successfully established hard-rock acts before this time and went for ...

The best 80s metal bassists often represent a very underrated ... force who influenced the direction of the band’s early albums. Burton died in 1986, at age 24, in an accident on Metallica ...

Ross Hansen of the dirt-bike-and-guns-loving Idaho death metal/hardcore band Ingrown picks his 10 favorite albums for hitting ...

That's not a radical stance to take. Since the subgenre exploded in the early '80s, hair metal has been widely reviled by critics, dismissed for its pigheaded lyrics and hackneyed songwriting.