🤘 Gods of Heavy Metal

13.08.2026

Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy is one of the most influential drummers of his generation and one of the most recognizable figures in progressive metal. If Neil Peart is the archi…

13.08.2026

Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell is one of the most impressive drummers in the history of rock music. If John Bonham is an earthquake, and Ian Paice is a racing car, then Cozy Powel…

13.08.2026

Anika Nilles

Anika Nilles is one of the brightest names in the contemporary drum world. She is not just a technical virtuoso – she is an innovator who changes the way people…

13.08.2026

Neil Peart

Neil Peart is perhaps the most respected drummer in the history of progressive rock. He doesn't just play drums – he composes through them. For him, the drum ki…

13.08.2026

Ian Paice

Ian Paice is one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music and one of the longest-serving – active for over five decades. He has been Deep Purple's …

13.08.2026

Gene Hoglan

After Dave Lombardo – the fury and speed, and Charlie Benante – the precision and control, Gene Hoglan is another category: weight, precision, and intelligence,…

13.08.2026

Charlie Benante

If Lombardo is the storm, then Charlie Benante is the precision machine. Lombardo makes the drums sound like an attack. Benante turns them into a perfectly tune…

13.08.2026

Dave Lombardo

Dave Lombardo is the man who literally gave the heart and pulse of thrash metal. After Terry Bozzio – the musical intellect and polyrhythmic freedom – comes a c…

13.08.2026

Terry Bozzio

With Terry Bozzio, we make a very interesting turn, because after Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, and Mike Mangini, who are associated with progressive complexity, we…

13.08.2026

Mike Mangini

We come to one of the most interesting drummers of the modern era. If with Neil Peart we talked about the architecture of rhythm, and with Mike Portnoy about em…

13.08.2026

Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker is the third great drummer of that generation who completely changed the perception of what a rock drummer can do. If Bonham is power, and Keith Mo…

13.08.2026

Keith Moon

If Bonham is a mountain – heavy, stable, huge, and earthy – then Keith Moon is a volcano – unpredictable, explosive, chaotic, and absolutely unique. Many drumme…

29.07.2026

John Bonham

When rock drummers are discussed, John Bonham's name is almost always among the first. Not because he was the fastest, not because he used the most complex rhyt…

27.07.2026

Jimi Hendrix

If one musician must be named who forever changed the perception of what the electric guitar could be, it is Jimi Hendrix.Before him, the guitar was already an …

26.07.2026

Axl Rose

Axl Rose is one of the most recognizable and controversial rock vocalists in history. The frontman of Guns N' Roses possesses an exceptionally unusual voice tha…

26.07.2026

Ritchie Blackmore

On August 12, 2026, something incredible happened – Ritchie Blackmore was back on stage with Deep Purple! After a 33-year hiatus, the legendary guitarist return…

25.07.2026

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page is one of the most influential guitarists in rock history. As the founder, guitarist, and primary composer of Led Zeppelin, he helped create the soun…

24.07.2026

Randy Rhoads

Randy Rhoads is one of the brightest and shortest-lived phenomena in the history of rock music. Known first with Quiet Riot, and then as Ozzy Osbourne's guitari…

23.07.2026

Angus Young

Few guitarists can be recognized with the first chord. Angus Young is one of them. As the lead guitarist and primary driving force of AC/DC, he built a style th…

22.07.2026

Tony MacAlpine

Tony MacAlpine is among the most respected instrumental rock guitarists in the world. Although he never reached the commercial popularity of Joe Satriani or Ste…

21.07.2026

Yngwie Malmsteen

When the young Swede Yngwie Malmsteen appeared on the scene in the first half of the 1980s, the world of guitar experienced a genuine shock. Until then, speed w…

20.07.2026

Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert is one of the most influential guitarists in the neoclassical and hard rock style. Best known as the co-founder of Mr. Big and as the leader of Rac…

20.07.2026

Rob Halford

Rob Halford is the benchmark for heavy metal vocals. Rightfully called the 'Metal God,' he doesn't just sing Judas Priest's songs – he created a model that coun…

19.07.2026

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani is one of the most respected instrumental rock guitarists of all time. He is not just a virtuoso with incredible technique – he is a musician who c…

19.07.2026

David Coverdale

If Rob Halford is the model for the classic heavy metal vocal, David Coverdale is one of the greatest blues-rock and hard rock singers. His strength was never i…

18.07.2026

Ronnie James Dio

If there is a singer who can be said to combine almost everything needed for a great rock and metal vocal, it is Ronnie James Dio. For many – including vocal pe…

18.07.2026

Steve Vai

Steven Siro Vai is one of the most influential guitarists in the history of rock music. Born in 1960 in Carle Place, New York, he began his musical journey as a…

17.07.2026

Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher is one of the most respected blues rock guitarists in history. Born in 1948 in Ireland, he started playing as a child and fell in love with Ameri…

17.07.2026

Klaus Meine

Klaus Meine often remains somewhat underrated in rankings because he never sought showmanship. But from a purely vocal perspective, he is one of the most stable…

16.07.2026

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones, born John Richard Baldwin in 1946 in Kent, England, started playing piano as a child, and later mastered bass guitar, organ, mandolin, harpsich…

16.07.2026

Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time and one of the most important figures in the development of hard rock and heavy metal. As the front…

15.07.2026

Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson is the voice of Iron Maiden and one of the most emblematic figures in the history of heavy metal. His vocal style combines operatic power, rock …

15.07.2026

John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle was born in 1944 in London, England. He was one of the founders of The Who, along with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Keith Moon – a ban…

14.07.2026

Geezer Butler

Terence Michael Joseph 'Geezer' Butler was born in 1949 in Birmingham, England. He initially played guitar but soon switched to bass when the band was formed wi…

14.07.2026

Robert Plant

Robert Plant is the legendary voice of Led Zeppelin and one of the most influential rock vocalists of all time. During the first half of the 1970s, he created a…

13.07.2026

Jack Bruce

John Symon 'Jack' Bruce was born in 1943 in Bishopbriggs, Scotland. As a young man, he studied music theory and composition, and his first main instrument was t…

13.07.2026

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne is one of the founders of heavy metal and the voice with which Black Sabbath changed the history of rock music. His vocal style was never a demons…

12.07.2026

Jaco Pastorius

John Francis Pastorius III, known as Jaco Pastorius, was born in 1951 in Florida, USA. He started as a drummer but after a wrist injury turned to the bass guita…

12.07.2026

Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider is the iconic voice of Accept and later U.D.O. – a singer who had a huge influence on the development of European heavy metal. His vocal style…

11.07.2026

Mark Tornillo

Mark Tornillo is an American rock vocalist, best known as the frontman of Accept since 2009. Before that, he was the vocalist of the American hard rock band TT …

10.07.2026

Bon Scott

Bon Scott was the iconic vocalist of AC/DC from 1974 to 1980 and one of the most influential frontmen in rock history. In his relatively short career, he left a…

09.07.2026

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson is an English rock vocalist, best known as the frontman of AC/DC since 1980. He joined the band after the tragic death of Bon Scott, and one of th…

08.07.2026

Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell is one of the greatest rock vocalists of his generation and a key figure in the development of grunge and alternative rock. As the frontman of Sou…