Metallica’s first record was the springboard for a band that would eventually become one of music’s biggest acts.
With ‘Countdown To Extinction,’ Dave Mustaine put politics front and center of Megadeth’s work, tackling both the Gulf War and the conflict in his own psyche.
Riding the crest of a commercial wave in the 90s, Megadeth’s ‘Cryptic Writings’ proved they could still add speed and vigor to their brand of thrash metal.
With Megadeth’s debut album, ‘Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!’, Dave Mustaine unleashed a full-bore attack on thrash metal.
Aiming for a timeless feel, Dave Mustaine sought to prove that Megadeth could write pop-oriented metal that drew new fans with 'Super Collider.'
With a new creative foil and a fresh focus, ‘The Pale Emperor’ found Marilyn Manson turning his mirror on himself as he waved goodbye to The God Of F__k.
Ensuring that their image is as important as the music, the best Marilyn Manson videos are as compellingly distasteful as the band’s very identity.
With the ‘Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)’ album, Marilyn Manson set out to “punish everyone for daring to f__k with me”.
The moment of Marilyn Manson’s metamorphosis, the ‘Antichrist Superstar’ album carried a shocking message that also challenged listeners to think.
Every year, critics and so-called experts ask: is rock music dead? Not with a new breed of young talents aiming for legendary status.
The short in the arm that rock music needed, ‘Portrait Of An American Family’ introduced Marilyn Manson to the world while skewering mainstream culture.
Encouraged by his producer to “f__k some s__t up!”, Marilyn Manson’s ‘Heaven Upside Down’ album recaptured the fire that had once burned within.
Marilyn Manson’s ‘Mechanical Animals’ album established him as an artist willing to risk his reputation in order to follow his creative urges.
Fusing black metal, thrash, punk attitude and gore-horror imagery, the best death metal bands have pushed through some dramatic shifts over the years.