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Ozzy Osbourne: The Death of a Prince

July 24, 2025July 25, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman, Geezer Butler, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, RIP, Sharon Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde

Remembering heavy metal’s greatest singer

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Fight Fire With Fire: Metallica’s Ride the Lightning Turns 40

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Cliff Burton, Creeping Death, Fade to Black, Fight Fire With Fire, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Ride The Lightning, The Call of Ktulu, Trapped Under Ice

Looking back on the band’s revolutionary second album

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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

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Punk Visionary Justin Pearson Subject of New Film

October 22, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments Dead Cross, Don't Fall In Love With Yourself, Gabe Serbian, Jin Nix, Justin Pearson, Struggle, Swing Kids, The Locust, Turnstyle Films, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

A closer look at Don’t Fall In Love With Yourself

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Swinging the Chain: Black Sabbath’s Never Say Die! at 45

September 29, 2023September 30, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Never Say Die!, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi

Looking back on the last studio album from the original lineup

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Tell The World: Ratt’s Debut EP Turns 40

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bobby Blotzer, EP, Juan Croucier, Ratt, Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini

Looking back on the glam-metal greats’ opening salvo

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Of Wolf and Man: James Hetfield at 60

August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 60th birthday, James Hetfield, Jason Newsted, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Lollapalooza, Metallica, One, Robert Trujillo

Metallica’s frontman celebrates a milestone on the road

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How Buddy Rich Shaped the Music of Modern America

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 Steve Kirwan 0 Comments Buddy Rich, drummer, drums, Gene Krupa, Jazz, Journey, Steve Smith

Exploring the legendary jazz drummer’s ties to metal, punk and rock

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Strength To Minimize: Helmet’s Meantime at 30

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 David Seville 2 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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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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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

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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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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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Motörhead Lives On

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Fast” Eddie Clarke, Germany, Lemmy, Louder Than Noise...Live In Berlin, Motörhead, Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor

An archival concert album from Berlin, Germany is a reminder of who rock’s greatest power trio will always be

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A Funked-Up Fairy Tale: Extreme’s ‘Pornograffiti’ at 30

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Bryan Rolli 0 Comments 1990, Extreme, Extreme II: Pornograffitti, Faith No More, Gary Cherone, More Than Words, Nuno Bettencourt, Pat Badger, Paul Geary, Poison, Pornograffiti, Queen, The Beatles, Van Halen, Warrant, White Lion

This is the story of a great band caught between hair metal and alternative rock until they hit big with a Beatlesque ballad

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