Heavy Metal

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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

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Icicles Within My Brain: Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 at 50

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Cornucopia, FX, Geezer Butler, Laguna Sunrise, Ozzy Osbourne, Snowblind, St. Vitus Dance, Supernaut, Tomorrow’s Dream, Tony Iommi, Vol. 4, Wheels of Confusion

Looking back on the metal legends’ cocaine-fueled masterpiece

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Experimental Folk Heavy Metal 

Heilung: Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow in the 10th Century

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black Metal, Bo Diddley, Drif, Edith Tudor-Hart, folk, Heilung, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pink Floyd, Season of Mist, Soviet Union, The Beatles, The Who, United States

The Northern European folk-metal collective have made the first truly great album to emerge from the Neo-Primtive Movement

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Films Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

DIO: Dreamers Never Die Awes, Inspires 

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Dio, DIO: Dreamers Never Die, documentary, Holy Diver, Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio, Tenacious D, Wendy Dio

Wendy Dio discusses the new film honoring the legacy of her late husband

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

LISTEN: Ascendia Keeps Ascending With New Music

September 11, 2022September 12, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Ascendia, Billy Love, Canada, John Love, Nick Sakal, Parasite, This War, Toronto

The Toronto metal trio continues to drop singles from their forthcoming LP, Parasite

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Glam Hard Rock Heavy Metal Pop 

Sticky Sweet: 35 Years of Hysteria

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Animal, Armageddon It, Def Leppard, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, Love Bites, Phil Collen, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, Rocket, Steve Clark, Women

Pouring some more sugar on the biggest Def Leppard album

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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hardcore Heavy Metal Post-Hardcore 

Cosmopolitan Blood Loss: Glassjaw’s Worship & Tribute At 20

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Daryl Palumbo, Emo, Glassjaw, Justin Beck, Long Island, Ross Robinson, Todd Weinstock, Warner Bros., Worship & Tribute

Looking back at the Long Island post-hardcore mavens’ complicated sophomore classic

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

I’m Made Of Metal: Screaming For Vengeance Turns 40

July 18, 2022July 21, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1980s, 1982, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, KK Downing, Ripper Owens, Rob Halford, Screaming For Vengeance, You Got Another Thing Comin'

Looking back on the definitive Judas Priest album of the 1980s

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Metal! 

Strength To Minimize: Helmet’s Meantime at 30

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Helmet, Henry Bogdan, Interscope Records, John Stanier, Meantime, Nine Inch Nails, Page Hamilton, Peter Mengede, Primus, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Unsung

When Interscope Records cashed their chips on a most unconventional heavy metal band

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

A Bouncing Little Baby, A Shiny Copper Penny: Faith No More’s Angel Dust at 30

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Angel Dust, Billy Gould, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, The Real Thing

Why this beautiful, terrifying, schizophrenic masterpiece of a record remains their high water mark

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

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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