Top 10

I’ve attempted to come up with today’s Top 10 on at least two prior occasions, only to scrap it in frustration. Why? Because Cirith Ungol […]

1994 marked a major turning point for underground metal; specifically black metal, which reached a boiling point. Having been plagued by murder, arson, and suicide, […]

Over the weekend, the hard and heavy world was shook by the announcement that after 28 years, Steve Morse was leaving Deep Purple. For those […]

On any given week, I’d be thrilled to revisit and re-examine the lengthy catalog of Nazareth. The Scottish hard rock/heavy metal pioneers have influenced scenes […]

A year ago today, the world lost one of the finest voices in hard and heavy music, John Lawton. For most headbangers, Lawton is best […]

We’re 3 years into the 90s and while metal has fallen out of favor with the mainstream crowd, it’s alive and well in the underground. […]

June is here and if you’re reading this, chances are you’re still hungover, bruised, and sunburnt from what may be the last Maryland Deathfest ever. […]

Has it really been 30 years since 1992? Not that I was alive back then, but it feels just like yesterday that it was 2012 […]

The early 80s were arguably the best time in recorded history to be a teenage metalhead. The dark imagery and shocking stage antics of Iron […]

When making these retrospective best metal albums of a year lists, I’ve noticed two trends. There’s the years where the top 2 or 3 spots […]