There are plenty of bands who find early success, then, for whatever reason, see that acclaim wane. Maybe not entirely, then again other fade away for good. Here are 20 of the kind.

The band, which included the classic lineup of Tyla, Jo 'Dog' Almeida, Steve James and Bam, got going in the early 1980s and put out music through the early 2010s. There was a certainly poetic, often ...

For every British band that conquered America, there are others – equally brilliant, wildly influential at home – who never quite made the leap. The so-called 'British Invasion' might conjure images ...

Metalheads have always found transcendence, exultation, and deliverance in music’s heaviest genre where everyone else has heard noise. Sometimes you need to feel like the sound coming out of your ...

At least nine rock or metal bands removed their music from Spotify in 2025, with many of them moving off the platform in the past six months. Here is a breakdown of all of the rock and metal bands ...