Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree, in the 90s. There were a lot of bands that ...

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L.S. Dunes kick off 2025 with the excellent single "Violet." It's our Heavy Song of the Week, alongside tracks from Bonfire, Lacuna Coil, and Tremonti.

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Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 1985 shows just how diverse the year was, running the gamut from proto-extreme metal to esoteric synth-rock.