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1 week ago | noisecreep.com | Lauryn Schaffner |Chad Childers

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 second album of the 2020s to top the chart, following AC/DC's Power Up in November of 2020. But the first decade of the century was stacked with extremely successful hard rock and metal albums.

1 week ago | noisecreep.com | Jordan Blum

Have you heard about Sandman, the three-year-old colt whose name was partially inspired by “Enter Sandman” (from 1991’s Metallica)? Well, frontman James Hetfield has, and he recently visited the horse named after the huge Metallica hit prior to it competing in yesterday’s Kentucky Derby (and it was so adorable). On May 2, the official America’s Best Racing Instagram account shared a brief collage of Hetfield visiting Sandman (set to “Enter Sandman,” of course).

1 week ago | noisecreep.com | Sydney Taylor |Bryan Rolli

Here's five hair metal bands who haven't reunited in 20-plus years... but should!Let’s face it — no genre took the phrase “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll” more seriously (or sprayed more Aqua Net) than ‘80s heavy metal in its prime. Back in the day, bands such as Poison and Ratt ruled the MTV airwaves, packed arenas worldwide and made excess and debauchery nothing short of an art form. It was all about the big riffs, even bigger hair, and the biggest personalities that hard rock had ever seen.

2 weeks ago | noisecreep.com | Bryan Rolli |Jake Richardson

Our list of the best album from 11 metalcore bands proves just how much diversity exists within the genre. The metalcore that emerged in the late '80s and early '90s was firmly rooted in hardcore punk, categorized by its relentless tempos and neck vein-popping vocals. But as the decade progressed, so did the sound of metalcore.

2 weeks ago | noisecreep.com | Chad Childers

Whatever happened to rock and metal's class of 1985? It was an interesting time for heavier music. In the metal world, thrash was all the rage. On the heels of Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax, four stellar thrash bands would make their initial imprints in 1985 further solidifying the lightning quick style of playing as a viable metal subgenre.