big 4

These bands created music that was greater than the sum of their parts.

Many famous acts come from the land down under.

The Great White North has provided far more than its fair share of excellent rock.

Our picks for the 'Big 4' bands and artists that represent 1980s metal are Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica.

They called it the swinging city for a reason.

If we had to choose four bands to define rock 'n' roll in the 1980s, it would be these four because of their lasting legacies.

It's the decade that turned L.A. into America's hotbed for music -- but which bands best define the era?

We looked at every album by the 'Big 4' of grunge — Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam — and picked the best song off each.

Plenty of rock artists toured hard and released solid albums. But these four had the most seismic impacts.

Ozzy Osbourne, My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace and Yungblud are the four artists that impact rock and metal the most in 2025.

Four of the biggest, most successful and most influential rock bands of the 2000s — and luckily they're all still active today.

The following four artists were not only the biggest metal groups of the 2000s, but also shaped metal in some way and have had a lasting influence.