2005 was an interesting time for Judas Priest. After departing the band in 1992, vocalist Rob Halford returned Priest replacing…
Heavy metal can learn from this.
Paul Di'Anno first saw Iron Maiden performing live at the Cart & Horses, the legendary pub where bassist Steve Harris…
1983 was a pretty great year for heavy metal, and many metal bands would release albums which to this day…
"I was about seven or eight when I started listening to my Dad's cassettes, he had hundreds by the late…
In 1981, Mötley Crüe had barely been Mötley Crüe for a year while the Plasmatics were busy blowing up cars…
In the late fall of 1979, bassist Dana Strum arrived at a studio used and operated by Frank Zappa on…
The show was $15 per person.
On June 28th, 1983 Iron Maiden and Saxon stopped in Seattle to play a show at the Seattle Collesium (now…
Hello mutants! Trevor from The Black Dahlia Murder here taking a well-needed break from slaving over lyrics for the impending…
"Without Venom, there’s a good chance there wouldn’t have been a Slayer. Their Welcome To Hell (1981) and Black Metal…
Heavy metal's universal hand gesture, the devil horns, or "evil eye" has a fascinating, often contested history. In June of…
"You go in the strip club, and everyone is just…there's nobody is bummed out in that place."
If it isn't clear by now for all, the nature of the music industry is that of a dynamic entity where trends…
Before we get started on this headbanging nod to the heavy metal scene in Seattle in the 1980s, I think…
Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder here kicking off a brand-new year of extreme metal recommendations.
The Black Dahlia Murder frontman with a late entry for his favorite albums of the year.
Heavy Metal Mania only ran on MTV for about a year starting in 1985–two years before the Headbangers Ball gave…
Yeah, we know… Japan's Sigh are not Norwegian. We get it. For the purposes of this very special installment of…
A musician who doesn’t know any theory is like a painter who doesn’t know the names of colors.
Full disclosure–I don't remember a time in my life when I didn't worship Judas Priest. So using the word "surreal"…
The story of how little Dominic Lawson, one of the UK's biggest Iron Maiden fans, got his wish granted is…
