Heavy Metal… Wacken Open Air 2017: A Photo Essay. 7 Aug 20176 Aug 2017 I did not go to Wacken Open Air, the "heavy metal Woodstock" that occurs every year in the farm fields outside of the town of Wacken, Germany on the first…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Manilla Road “Atlantis Rising” [video]. 5 May 2017 https://youtu.be/QG1LOyrDgHM One of the great things about metal is its limitless potential for rediscovery. You could never hear every heavy metal album produced in a thousand lifetimes, and you wouldn't…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Metallica “Nothing Else Matters” [video]. 21 Apr 201720 Apr 2017 https://youtu.be/HyrWd_gfQNQ I realized recently that it's been almost a year since I've done a Metal For Friday post on this blog. This series, which has been ongoing for years, used…
Heavy Metal… The HMO [Heavy Metal Overload] Top Albums of 2016. 1 Jan 20171 Jan 2017 So, the year just past is over (thankfully) and it's time to take stock of what the year brought us. This article from the Heavy Metal Overload blog presents a…
Heavy Metal… REVIEW: Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct (2016) 20 Nov 201620 Nov 2016 I admit I haven't been much of a Metallica fan in the last 20 years, after the disappointment of the Load/ReLoad albums of the 1990s (and lingering controversy from the Black…
Heavy Metal… Celebrating Wacken Open Air 2016: The amazing Blind Guardian set! [video] 7 Aug 20169 Aug 2016 (Update: the original video I posted was already taken down; this one may soon be as well, and it's only 30 minutes or so of the set). The first weekend…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Manowar “Mountains” [audio]. 27 May 2016 Manowar have been one of the stalwarts of the "true metal" scene since their formation in 1982. Bassist Joey DiMaio, the driving force behind the band, was once a roadie…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Def Leppard “Love Bites” [video]. 13 May 201613 May 2016 I'm back from a spring hiatus, and thought I'd give you a rock/metal classic to start your weekend! My choice for today harks back to the very first "Metal for…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Anthrax “Got the Time” [live video]. 15 Apr 201615 Apr 2016 Anthrax has been on my mind lately, since I've been listening to their new album For All Kings (which is awesome, by the way), so I thought I'd go back in…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Gamma Ray “Somewhere Out in Space” [audio]. 1 Apr 20161 Apr 2016 Every time I look down my list of bands I've done in this Metal for Friday series I'm sometimes amazed by what I've left out--some of my all-time favorite bands…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Winger “Miles Away” [video]. 18 Mar 201617 Mar 2016 I seem to be on a glam metal kick! Recently in this series I've done Warrant and Saigon Kick, and now I've got this little ditty in my head, "Miles…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Saigon Kick “Love is on the Way” [video]. 4 Mar 20164 Mar 2016 Once again, I'm doing a slower song for Metal for Friday! I suppose one could argue whether Saigon Kick is "technically" metal or just a hard rock band; admittedly the…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Marty Friedman “Night” [audio]. 26 Feb 2016 This is a bit of a departure for the "Metal for Friday" series, but mention of this album came across my Twitter timeline this morning and triggered some very fond…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Warrant “Heaven” [video]. 19 Feb 201619 Feb 2016 "Heaven isn't too far away...we're getting closer to it every day!" Sometimes you need some good old fashioned 80s glam metal. This is one of the all-time most iconic glam…
Heavy Metal… Metal for Friday: Mercenary “Welcome the Sickness” [video]. 5 Feb 20165 Feb 2016 Mercenary is one of those workhorse bands that's been around forever, but for some reason don't get all the visibility they deserve. I first discovered this Danish power/thrash metal band…
