Author: Nathan Carson

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Bruce Dickinson Flies Solo Again with The Mandrake Project

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 Nathan Carson 1 Comment BMG, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Kurt Sutter, Salvador Dali, Steve Harris, The Mandrake Project, Van der Graaf Generator, William Blake, Wordsworth

The Iron Maiden vocalist’s first new album in 19 years is also a limited series comic book

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal! 

Heavy Duty: Judas Priest’s Defenders Of The Faith at 40

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Columbia Records, Dave Holland, Dee Snider, Defenders Of The Faith, Freewheel Burning, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Judas Priest, KK Downing, Rob Halford, Screaming For Vengeance, The Metallian, The Sentinel, The Who, Tipper Gore

Reflections on one of the band’s “strongest and fiercest” albums

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Keep It Warm: Black Sabbath’s Born Again At 40

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Nathan Carson 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bev Bevan, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Born Again, Deep Purple, Geezer Butler, Geoff Nicholls, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Trashed

Looking back on the metal legends’ sole album with Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Where Eagles Dare: Iron Maiden’s Piece of Mind at 40

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 Nathan Carson 3 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, EMI, Iron Maiden, Nicko McBrain, Piece of Mind, Steve Harris, The Trooper, Where Eagles Dare

Looking back on the metal giants’ phenomenal fourth album

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Six Months In Sabbath: The Ray Gillen Footnote

November 28, 2022November 30, 2022 Nathan Carson 7 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Bob Daisley, Geoff Nicholls, Glenn Hughes, John Sykes, Ray Gillen, The Eternal Idol

Looking back on 35 years of The Eternal Idol and its sessions

Read more

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Empty Fossil of the New Scene: Alice In Chains’ Dirt at 30

September 29, 2022September 30, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Alice in Chains, Dam That River, Dirt, Facelift, God Smack, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Rain When I Die, Rooster, Sean Kinney, Sick Man, Them Bones, William DuVall, Would?

Nathan Carson checks out the band’s sophomore classic for the very first time

Read more

Alternative Rock Noise Punk Rock 

Soft Spot For The Babes: Fontanelle Turns 30

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Babes In Toyland, Fontanelle, Kat Bjelland, Lori Barbero, Maureen Herman

Celebrating Babes In Toyland’s major label breakthrough

Read more

Heavy Metal 

6-6-6: The Legacy of the Beast

March 22, 2022October 30, 2023 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bruce Dickinson, Clive Burr, Invaders, Iron Maiden, Paul Di’anno, Run to the Hills, Samson, Steve Harris, The Number of the Beast, Universal Music Enterprises

Iron Maiden’s career-defining The Number Of The Beast turns 40

Read more

Experimental Metal! Psychedelics 

ALBUMS: Everybody Loves A Parade (Even Demons!)

February 12, 2022February 13, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2021, 2022, Earthless, Hot Snakes, Mario Rubalcaba, Mike Eginton, Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons, Nuclear Blast America, Off!, Rocket From the Crypt

Earthless take it further on their sixth studio album

Read more

Punk 

Bad Religion: Damned To Be Free

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bad Religion, Brett Guerwitz, Brian Baker, Elvis Costello, Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, King Crimson, The Dead Boys, The Jam, The Ramones

Looking back on 40 years of the punk legends’ first classic How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Remembrance 

Dig Out The Cigar Box: Budgie’s Burke Shelley Is Dead

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Nathan Carson 3 Comments Breadfan, Budgie, Burke Shelley, Iron Maiden, Metallica, RIP, Soundgarden

The lead singer of the influential Welsh hard rock group was 71

Read more

Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

Rat Or Angel?

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 1 Comment 1991, Angel Rat, Canada, Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, Heavy Metal, Jean-Yvez “Blacky” Theriault, Nothingface, Pink Floyd, Quebec, Rush, The Beatles, Voivod

30 years of grappling with Voivod’s disasterpiece Angel Rat

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Randy’s Last Stand: Diary Of A Madman Turns 40

November 10, 2021April 3, 2022 Nathan Carson 3 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Bob Daisley, Diary Of A Madman, Flying High Again, Lee Kerslake, Over The Mountain, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Rudy Sarzo, S.A.T.O

Ozzy’s final studio LP with Rhoads is a testament to the might of his original solo band

Read more

Hard Rock Heavy Metal New Wave 

Quadruple Your Pleasure: Technical Ecstasy Gets An Overdue Upgrade

October 14, 2021April 3, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1976, 2021, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Box Set, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Rhino Records, Super Deluxe, Technical Ecstasy, Tony Iommi, Vertigo Records

Black Sabbath’s maligned seventh album deserves the super deluxe treatment

Read more

Heavy Metal 

Will It Land On The Black Or The Red?: Riot’s Fire Down Under at 40

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments Accept, Blue Oyster Cult, Elektra Records, Fire Down Under, Gus Speranza, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Riot, Rush, Spinal Tap

The enduring legacy of 1981’s best American metal album

Read more