Metal playlists from the underground
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 […]
Heavy/power metal traditions are strong in Italy, so it’s no wonder that, when guitar local virtuoso Francesco Marras (currently also a guitarist in Tygers Of Pan Tang) formed his own band in 1997, the chosen genre was the most obvious. Now, two decades and a half later, SCREAMING SHADOWS is one of the most established […]
If you ever wanted a true audio history of Heavy Metal music then you might want to consider the Heavy Metal Box released by Rhino Records. The set contains 4 CDs in a neat box shaped as a Marshall head with knobs that go to “11.” Yesterday, we discussed the classic songs on disc one […]
Here are the lists of “Top 10 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Albums of 2008” by Meds, Pete, and our awesome readers: Meds [Administrator] Metallica – Death Magnetic AC/DC – Black Ice Maiden Heaven – Kerang! Tribute to Iron Maiden Tesla – Forever More Extreme – Saudades de Rock Motorhead – Motorizer Airbourne – Runnin’ […]
Iced Earth returns with THE CRUCIBLE OF MAN, the long-awaited follow-up to their 1998 landmark concept album SOMETHING WICKED. Replacing the departing Ripper Owens with former frontman Matt Barlow, this troupe sounds reinvigorated when maintaining their patented power metal maneuvers on cuts like “I Walk Alone” and the rousing “Divide and Devour,” yet this disc […]
Lauren Harris may be the daughter of Iron Maiden bassist Steve, but you’d never be able to tell by her musical debut. The 12-track offering titled CALM BEFORE THE STORM fits more along the likes of Avril Lavigne and Pat Benetar rather than her father’s NWOBHM roots, giving songs like “From the Bottom to the […]
Enjoy some Iron Maiden… …then get out and vote!
Check out this pretty solid list of the Top 100 Metal Songs by some random dude on nutsie.com. 1 “Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live In D…” Iron Maiden 2 “War Pigs” Black Sabbath 3 “Beyond the Realms of Death” Judas Priest 4 “Iron Man” Black Sabbath 5 “Master Of Puppets” Metallica 6 “Victim Of Changes” […]