Metal playlists from the underground
Primus sucks! And on that note, we welcome them to the #77 spot on the Gears of Rock’s Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time Countdown. Les Claypool and company are one of the most innovative and entertaining rock bands to come out of the ’90s. It is fascinating that a band […]
Primus is an American hard alternative band from California that has been active since the early 1990s. Their unique sound comes from the genius bass work of frontman Les Claypool, who also has a twisted talent of writing some of the whackiest lyrical concepts of all time. Primus recently released Green Naughahyde last month, however […]
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 […]
Joshua Homme’s Desert Sessions released new visual collaborations with two filmmakers on YouTube. Italian filmmaker Gabriele Fabbro took on acoustic ballad “If You Run”, and filmmaker Jonathan Samukange tackled the groovier “Move Together”. If You Run (Gabrielle Fabro): https://youtu.be/UFbZtxR14iE Move Together (Jonathan Samukange): https://youtu.be/sOlbXuiwrAU Homme, the legendary Queens of the Stone Age founder and Desert […]
“Guitars are stupid. Guitarists are stupider. The egos, the lanky physiques, the sweep picking, and drowning out the rest of the band. What if we got rid of these poseurs altogether?” thought every bass player ever. That’s pretty much the vibe we get from The Great Russian Empire, or TGRE for short. This dark rock […]
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, […]
Alfred Music has published a new drum lesson book called Essential Drum Lessons with the Greats and it features lessons with Mike Portnoy (Adrenaline Mob/Ex-Dream Theater), Neil Peart (Rush), Tim Alexander (Ex-Primus), and more. The book comes with 2 CDs with over 2 hours of audio recorded by the drummers. Check out the video for more info: […]
The greatest heavy metal band in the history of heavy metal is Black Sabbath and there is simply no disputing that. Sabbath are the godfathers of heavy metal and hail from Birmingham, England. They began their conquest of the universe in 1968 and have influenced every real rock n roll band that you hear today. […]
Dear Justin Bieber’s Biggest Fan, I would like to personally welcome you to the Gears of Rock’s Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time Official Countdown. I’d also like to extend a hearty congratulations to you for stumbling upon this life-altering/shattering experience. You see, over the last 5 years I have spent […]