Slayer Albums Ranked
April 21, 2025
Slayer was one of the last heavy metal bands capable of terrorising conservative circles, all while selling a lot of records. They also were thrash and speed metal pioneers and their albums rank as some of the best in the genre.
It’s hard not to be impressed by…
Uncredited musicians, or ghost musicians, make the music industry go round. Or, at the very least, they make the job of the producer’s life a whole lot easier. Recording iconic albums seems to involve plenty of requirements – talents, inspiration, showing up.
“Black” by Pearl Jam was meant to be a deep cut off of the juggernaut album “Ten,” one of the most important of the grunge era. Instead, it became one of the group’s most famous and enduring tunes, not least of all because of the emotionality…
Top 11 Rainbow Songs: When Ritchie Blackmore Finally Got His Way
September 21, 2024
Rainbow was the brainchild of guitar magus Ritchie Blackmore and unapologetically an attempt to gatecrash the charts. With the side project active for more than two decades, Rainbow did manage to secure hits and, what’s more, to incorporate trends that varied wildly…
Top 100 Greatest Alternative Rock Albums of the 90s
August 14, 2024
The 100 greatest alternative rock albums of the 90s were, for the most part, great hits. No longer was inventive, often bizarre, guitar-heavy music reduced to being sold exclusively in stores that handled independent records exclusively.
These albums were of global…
Top 150 Greatest Alternative Albums of All-Time
August 6, 2024
The greatest alternative albums of all time have staying power. They have great. They were innovative, daring audiences to broaden their horizons. And, more often than not, they were made by bands and artists who sponsored seriously bizarre fashion choices.
Yes, the…
Judas Priest spent their career becoming so good at writing heavy metal anthems that, for most, the band is synonymous with the genre. Their very best albums routinely rank at the very top of lists of metal albums. And, all these decades later, they still receive…
Beyond the Gloom: Best Doom Metal Albums of All Time
November 25, 2023
Doom metal is the slowed-down, pitched-down, doom-obsessed genre that worshippers of Black Sabbath nurtured and developed. It’s the soundtrack to the universe slowly grinding itself into dust. The genre quickly expanded beyond mere attention-grabbing formulas. Some of…
AC/DC Albums Ranked: Is This the Best Hard-Rock Album Ever?
October 3, 2023
AC/DC believes in the redeeming power of rock n’ roll. But it has to be pure rock n’ roll, not soapy power ballads or some synth-driven tunes. No, when it comes to the essence of rock music, few bands have made greater, better-ranked albums than AC/DC.
No…