Black Sabbath

Kirk Hammett said the riff in Black Sabbath's 'Symptom of the Universe' from their album 'Sabotage' shifted heavy metal.

Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott looks back at the albums he loved most when he was a teenager.

Which songs would you pledge your allegiance to being the National Anthems of both rock and metal? Our Loudwire staffers weigh in with their thoughts.

We combed though setlists of the biggest names in rock and metal to find out their most played cover songs.

Which four metal bands slipped into this list of the best rock bands of all-time and how did they stack up against those rock bands?

Some of the biggest names in metal have partnered with toy companies to make truly unique items from stuffies to baseball bats and even coloring books.

Legendary songs!

Come see all the songs that these big rock and metal bands only played live once!

Try picking only 25 rock + metal albums from each decade that you would want to ensure your kids listened to. It's a harder exercise than you might think.

You know the riffs, you know the guitarists, but these are guitarists playing the riffs that most inspired them.