Wacken Open Air 2018: A Photo Essay.
Here are some photos (not by me) of the Wacken Open Air festival, the biggest heavy metal concert in the world, which went off peacefully from August 2 to 4, 2018.
Heavy Metal Overload: New Songs from Watain, Saxon, Portal and Tribulation.
Heavy Metal Overload brings us four tracks from upcoming releases by four hard-hitting metal bands.
REVIEW: Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction (1987)
It's been a while since I reblogged an album review, much less a classic album. But old time 80s rocker Mike Ladano couldn't resist revisiting [...]
Wacken Open Air 2017: A Photo Essay.
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 [...]
Metal for Friday: Manilla Road “Atlantis Rising” [video].
I've never listened to much Manilla Road before, but this track from their 2001 album seems as good a place to start as any.
Metal for Friday: Metallica “Nothing Else Matters” [video].
It's hard to believe this iconic song by Metallica was released as a single 25 years ago. Where has the time gone?
The HMO [Heavy Metal Overload] Top Albums of 2016.
Here are Heavy Metal Overload's choices for the best metal slabs of the year just past.
REVIEW: Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct (2016)
Mike Ladano reviews Metallica's new slab. How does it sound to fans of the band's more "classic" era?
Celebrating Wacken Open Air 2016: The amazing Blind Guardian set! [video]
Watch the amazing headlining set from Germany's power metal masters at Wacken Open Air 2016!
Metal for Friday: Manowar “Mountains” [audio].
This slow track from the Kings of Metal, who announced this week they'll soon be disbanding, showcases Manowar's musical strengths.