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Back in the Day Fuck Yes!
JUDAS PRIEST Unplug Their Amps To Perform Acoustic Versions Of "Diamonds And Rust" And "Worth Fighting For" In 2005
2005 was an interesting time for Judas Priest. After departing the band in 1992, vocalist Rob Halford returned Priest replacing…
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Why BLINK 182 and LIL WAYNE Touring Together Makes Sense & What Metal Can Learn From It
Heavy metal can learn from this.
Back in the Day
The Story Of The Soundhouse Tapes And The Birth Of IRON MAIDEN
Paul Di'Anno first saw Iron Maiden performing live at the Cart & Horses, the legendary pub where bassist Steve Harris…
Back in the Day Fuck Yes!
What's More Badass Than Tom Araya's Cover Of Mötley Crüe's "Looks That Kill" in 1983? NOTHING!
1983 was a pretty great year for heavy metal, and many metal bands would release albums which to this day…
Editorials Essential Black Metal Listening
Flaming Youth: The Pioneering Teenagers Who Helped Create The Swedish Heavy Metal Story
"I was about seven or eight when I started listening to my Dad's cassettes, he had hundreds by the late…
Back in the Day
MOTLEY CRUE Beheads DIY Mannequin Of PLASMATICS Vocalist Wendy O. Williams On Stage, New Year's Eve 1982
In 1981, Mötley Crüe had barely been Mötley Crüe for a year while the Plasmatics were busy blowing up cars…
Back in the Day
Becoming The Blizzard Of Ozz: Ozzy Osbourne's Musical Redemption And The Sonic Revolution Of Randy Rhoads
In the late fall of 1979, bassist Dana Strum arrived at a studio used and operated by Frank Zappa on…
Back in the Day
Lars Ulrich Commemorates METALLICA's First-Ever Live Show 37 Years Ago
The show was $15 per person.
Back in the Day Behind the Scenes
Pepsi, Peanut Butter, And Perrier: Read The Tour Rider For IRON MAIDEN And SAXON When They Played Seattle In 1983
On June 28th, 1983 Iron Maiden and Saxon stopped in Seattle to play a show at the Seattle Collesium (now…
The Obituarist
Trevor from BLACK DAHLIA's 16 Odes to Death and Dismemberment: Out With the Cold and Into The Mold
Hello mutants! Trevor from The Black Dahlia Murder here taking a well-needed break from slaving over lyrics for the impending…
Back in the Day Thrash Attack
Stories From The Combat Tour With SLAYER, VENOM, and EXODUS in 1985 – Drunken Fistfights, Territorial Pissing, & Death To Disco
"Without Venom, there’s a good chance there wouldn’t have been a Slayer. Their Welcome To Hell (1981) and Black Metal…
Back in the Day
Did Blackie Lawless Of W.A.S.P. Throw Down Devil Horns Before Ronnie James Dio?
Heavy metal's universal hand gesture, the devil horns, or "evil eye" has a fascinating, often contested history. In June of…
Aquanet Fix Back in the Day
Decadence, Zombie Dust, And Death: MÖTLEY CRÜE's Long-Term Relationship With Strip Clubs
"You go in the strip club, and everyone is just…there's nobody is bummed out in that place."
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Youtube: Exploring The New Frontier For Metal Musicians To Earn A Living
If it isn't clear by now for all, the nature of the music industry is that of a dynamic entity where trends…
Back in the Day Lists
Sonic Boom: Seven Bands That Ruled Seattle's Formidable 80s Heavy Metal Scene
Before we get started on this headbanging nod to the heavy metal scene in Seattle in the 1980s, I think…
The Obituarist
Trevor from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Offers 13 Rotten & Repulsive Rhapsodies to Ring In a Violent New Year
Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder here kicking off a brand-new year of extreme metal recommendations.
Best of 2018 The Obituarist
Trevor Strnad's Top 100 Metal Albums of the Year
The Black Dahlia Murder frontman with a late entry for his favorite albums of the year.
Back in the Day
Wild Footage From Long-Lost MTV Show 'Heavy Metal Mania' Hosted by Dee Snider Featuring Lemmy, Bruce Dickinson, Metallica & More!
Heavy Metal Mania only ran on MTV for about a year starting in 1985–two years before the Headbangers Ball gave…
THIS IS ARMAGEDDON!
THIS IS ARMAGEDDON! SIGH's Mirai Kawashima On Early Days Of Norwegian Black Metal: "Varg Was Always Boasting About Burning Down Churches And Told Me To Do The Same In Japan"
Yeah, we know… Japan's Sigh are not Norwegian. We get it. For the purposes of this very special installment of…
Editorials GearGods
This Is Why You Need To Learn Music Theory If You're A Heavy Metal Musician
A musician who doesn’t know any theory is like a painter who doesn’t know the names of colors.
Back in the Day
Surreal Footage Of JUDAS PRIEST Slaying It Live In Japan For The First Time, 1978
Full disclosure–I don't remember a time in my life when I didn't worship Judas Priest. So using the word "surreal"…