What happens when you have hardcore heavy metal bands sing love ballads?

You get monster ballads, a subgenre that seems to be self contradictory, but somehow works.

It may be difficult to imagine, but these tough, hardcore rockers with long hair and rough edges are also great at singing memorable love ballads. These songs are able to show a softer side to these artist's hardened image. These rock ballads include heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock, and rock. Monster Ballads is also the name of a compillation CD which includes famous bands like Poison, Warrant, and White Snake.

The popularity of monster ballads lies in the fact that they produce a powerfully emotional sound in combination with romantic lyrics and passionate rock music.

Most songs from Monster Ballads are able to capture the honest rawness of human emotion. Monster Ballads are able to reveal the soft side of tough heavy metal singers. Many of these songs are extremely dynamic with solid definitive pieces that define an era.

Monster Ballads are typically from the mid '80's to the early 90's. Many of these songs are considered classics of that time.