Rock ballads are the perfect vehicle for feelings of nostalgia. The slower tempos often cause listeners to slow down and ...

What rock and metal songs have been turned into piano ballads? Do you know of any rock or metal song that eventually found its counterpart in an equally valid piano ballad version? Because whether a ...

Here are the best ballads from 11 big prog metal bands! We recently looked at the best ballad by 11 big prog rock bands, so it’s only fair that we shine the same spotlight on nearly a dozen ...

Written as a love song, Sweet Child O’ Mine evolved into Guns N’ Roses’ most iconic ballad and a defining masterpiece of rock ...

Sometimes, you just need to crank up those old rock tunes and let yourself feel all the feels. The ‘80s were a golden era for ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...