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

Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not ... band was formed in 1981 and from almost the beginning until now (they just reunited after a 5-year hiatus) they have been ...

bands like Def Leppard, Kiss, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Extreme, and Tesla are not on this list. While, yes, some of these groups made massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s ...