Slayer terrified the PMRC, Janet Jackson seized control, and Genesis got weird on these albums that shaped a transformative ...

In 1986, the music scene shifted dramatically, featuring hits from Slayer to The Smiths, marking a blend of genres that ...

Move over, thrash — these are the six best hair metal albums of 1986. As the Bay Area headbangers were catching fire and pioneering a subgenre based on full-speed-or-nothing brutality, a different ...

A full on glam metal explosion came in the mid- 1980s thanks to the arrival of such acts as Poison, Cinderella and the often ...

The 20 best hard rock and metal albums of 1986 run the gamut from thrash to pop-metal, reflecting the vast array of heavy music subgenres that were catching fire as the decade entered its second half.