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LISTEN: Talking Jive With Matt Sorum

May 11, 2022May 14, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'n' Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N' Roses, Guns 'N' Roses, Matt Sorum, Matt Sorum Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'n' Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N' Roses The Cult and Velvet Revolver, Rare Bird Books, The Cult, The Cult and Velvet Revolver, Velvet Revolver

The renowned former drummer of The Cult, Guns ‘N Roses and Velvet Revolver chats with us about his new book

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Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

ALBUMS: Voivod’s Synchronized Anarchy

March 28, 2022 Todd Manning 0 Comments 2022, Century Media, Heavy Metal, Nothingface, Pink Floyd, Synchro Anarchy, Voivod

This late career masterpiece oozes with passion, meaning and tension

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Heavy Metal 

6-6-6: The Legacy of the Beast

March 22, 2022April 5, 2022 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

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Television 

Pam & Tommy: Never For Ever

March 16, 2022March 20, 2022 Courtney E. Smith 0 Comments 4 Non Blondes, Crystal Waters, Fatboy Slim, Hulu, Lilly James, Mötley Crüe, Pam & Tommy, Pamela Anderson, Sebastian Stan, SLEATER-KINNEY, The Cardigans, Tommy Lee

Why the music featured in the hit Hulu show is not what you’d expect

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Heavy Metal Music Journalism 

Voices Under Siege: “We Really Need to Close the Sky”

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Crisis in Ukraine, I Miss My Death, IMMD, Kyiv, Olena Kryvoviaz, symphonic metal, Ukraine

We speak with Ukrainian singer Olena Kryvoviaz of IMMD from inside war-torn Ukraine

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Films Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal! 

The Demon Inside: On Foo Fighters’ Studio 666

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Chris Shifflett, Dave Grohl, Dream Widow, Foo Fighters, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Studio 666, Taylor Hawkins

There actually a good film waiting to get out of this lackluster popcorn flick

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Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Metal! Remembrance 

RIP Jonny Z: A Megaforce Of A Human Being

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Brian O'Neill 0 Comments Anthrax, Dave Mustaine, Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived, James Hetfield, Jon Zazula, Jonny Z, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Marsha Zazula, Megaforce Records, Metallica, No Life Till Leather, Overkill, RIP

One of the founding fathers of American Thrash, Jon Zazula left behind a beautiful legacy of brutality

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Remembrance 

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

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Nathan Carson 2 Comments Breadfan, Budgie, Burke Shelley, Iron Maiden, Metallica, RIP, Soundgarden

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

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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

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

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

November 10, 2021April 3, 2022 Nathan Carson 2 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

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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

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Heavy Metal Remembrance 

Remembering Cliff Burton: Orion in Iron

September 27, 2021April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1986, Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Kill 'Em All, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Master of Puppets, Metallica, Orion, Ride The Lightning, RIP

Looking back on the artistry of the legendary Metallica bassist on the 35th anniversary of his tragic passing

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Noise Psychedelics Rock 

Looking California, Feeling Minnesota: Celebrating 30 Years of Badmotorfinger

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Rachel Linhart 4 Comments

Why the third Soundgarden album is still their best

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Heavy Metal Metal! 

Metallica Season Is Upon Us

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 1991, Alessia Cara & The Warning, Cliff Burton, Dave Gahan, J Balvin, James Hetfield, James Newsted, Juanes, Kamasi Washington, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Moses Sumney, Phoebe Bridgers, Robert Trujillo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, St. Vincent, The $24.95 Book, The Blacklist

40 years for the band, 30 years for their biggest album and a $24.95 Book that chronicles it all

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Heavy Metal 

10 Things I Learned About Ronnie James Dio

August 3, 2021April 4, 2022 Lily Moayeri 3 Comments autobiography, Black Sabbath, Dio, Elf, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Rainbow In The Dark, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Wendy Dio

A list of more reasons to love the eternal metal king after reading his long-overdue autobiography Rainbow In The Dark

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