Glam metal bands had ruled the charts for nearly a full decade with ... overproduced pop-metal. Heavy metal — particularly thrash — was also enjoying its moment in the sun after bubbling ...
Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. It’s not often that a heavy metal band hits No. 1 on any of Billboard’s songs charts. Even the tallies that have been created for ...
It was an amazing achievement for Quiet Riot to get a number one album amid such competition. But was Metal Health really the first heavy metal album to top the US chart? Quiet Riot’s drummer Frankie ...