Metal playlists from the underground
If you grew up in the ’80s, then surely you remember seeing the epic album art featuring the loincloth-wearing members of the mighty Manowar, the #88 ranked band on the Top 100 Greatest Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time Countdown. With the battle cry “Death to false metal,” legions of Manowarriors by their side […]
Blues badass turned metal maven, Lisa Mann – mastermind behind White Crone – pays homage to metal forefather, Ronnie James Dio, with a cover of Rainbow’s Stargazer. Based out of Portland, Oregon, White Crone is the metal brainchild of award winning blues artist and bassist / vocalist Lisa Mann. Growing up in the mosh pits […]
The greatest heavy metal band in history is Black Sabbath and there is simply no disputing that. Sabbath are the true Godfather’s of heavy metal hailing from Birmingham, England. Their conquest of the universe began in 1968 and have in some way influenced every single band that you hear today. In our opinion, more significant […]
Pirate metallers Alestorm unload the fiery Curse of the Crystal Coconut album on Napalm Records featuring latest single, “Pirate Metal Drinking Crew”. Listen to Alestorm Radios on Spotify with Amon Amarth, Borknagar, Blind Guardian, Trivium, Powerwolf, Grave Digger, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil, Tyr, Machine Head, Children of Bodom, Iron Maiden, Battle Beast, HammerFall, Kreator, Manowar, […]
Spotify is loaded with thousands upon thousands of user-generated, corporate curated, algorithmic, and collaborative playlists that bring together mainstream music acts with the independent artist sector. Some playlists claim to be perfect for a certain mood or activity, other playlists look to straight-up kick your ass. These are the best rock, punk, and metal playlists […]
How do you accurately determine the best drummers in the history of hard rock and heavy metal? You can’t! On this list you will find 100 awesome drummers that have raised the standards of drumming. The order is far from perfect, but one thing that each of these musicians have in common is that each […]
Here are the Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands of All-Time updated for 2014. These groups are established, they are hard, and some of them are really heavy. Sure, some are hard rock, others are heavy metal. Some bands on this list, at one time or another, could be considered death, grunge, sleaze, […]
Manowar founding member and guitarist, Ross the Boss Friedman follows up last year’s New Metal Leader with another dominant record titled Hailstorm. With blazing guitar riffs, thunderous drum fills, and raging medieval tempers, Ross the Boss lays down the nasty. Here’s the rundown: “Kingdom Arise” is a paramount tune with a vicious hook. “Behold the […]
ORPHANED LAND: THE NEVER ENDING WAY OF ORWARRIOR Israel’s Orphaned Land dazzles the senses and gives a bang for your buck with their latest 15-track offering. This unit’s multi-faceted metallic approach contains an abundance of ingrained native musical influences with genuine instrumentation intertwined with a progressive mix of ornate death metal underpinned with elegant epic […]
Destroy Destroy Destroy’s sophomore effort showcases a multi-faceted metal attack that blends Viking metal might and symphonic black metal grandiosity with a perpetual classic metal vibe running throughout this unit’s 12-track affair entitled BATTLE SLUTS. Meshing the styles of 3 Inches of Blood, Manowar, and Children of Bodom within the confines of a war-torn battlefield, […]