Helmet were pioneers of the alternative metal movement in the early 1990s. They had a bit of success upon forming, but they eventually perfected their sound further with the 1992 record Meantime. It’s ...

Turnstile's 2025 album, NEVER ENOUGH, earned the band five Grammy nominations: Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song ("NEVER ENOUGH"), Best Rock Performance ("NEVER ENOUGH"), Best Alternative Music ...

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See all the winners of the rock, metal and alternative categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards. It’s “music’s biggest night,” ...

Fans are sharing their reactions online to the 2025 rock, metal and alternative Grammy nominations. The Grammy Awards are typically a controversial topic within the rock and metal world for a variety ...

Here are five 1990s alternative rock bands that should’ve been bigger. With the introduction of Nirvana and Nevermind in 1991, the ‘90s were front row and center for the changing of musical tides; ...

Alternative rock guitarists aren’t often associated with heavy metal shredders. You might connect the dots between certain bands and Black Sabbath. But the pointy axes and two-handed tapping of many ...

Here are 10 songs that defined the "college rock" era. Before alternative rock was everywhere in the '90s, you had to hunt to find the up-and-coming bands and more often than not, the journey led you ...

As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and metal ...

Heavy music was at war with itself in 1985 — and from the conflict emerged a slew of groundbreaking albums from one of hard rock and metal's most consequential years. Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock ...