July 5, 2023The mid-1980s. Traditional Heavy Metal was firmly established at this point, still expanding in strength and reach, becoming well-defined and…- June 3, 20231, 2, 3, 4. Anyone with functioning limbs (and lungs and digits, where applicable) can master an instrument. True musicianship…
- May 2, 2023The one with some general predictions about future music access and formats. Records, 8-tracks, reel-to-reels, tapes, CDs, mp3s, streaming –…
- March 2, 2023Can we turn down the house lights? All right, raise up your phones. . . Gen X and older, you…
- January 30, 2023The annual Metal Hall of Fame gala has become the Place To Be for Metal fans and VIPs alike. The…
- January 15, 2023Europe, Candlemass, Hammerfall, Yngwie Malmsteen By Rich Catino Yup, just like the Hammerfall song ‘(We Make) Sweden Rock’, Sweden has…
- January 2, 2023Neglected, disrespected, shunned, mocked, overlooked, belittled scoffed at; Heavy Metal acts have always been derided by mainstream as second class.…
- December 6, 2022We’re off to the witch. Originally misheard as “We’re up to the witch,” ca. 1985, on my Emerson K3661A one-speaker…
- December 5, 2022Historic Metal Albums: Fear Factory – Demanufacture* The machine is now alive. Alternating clean and harsh vocals are commonplace in…
- November 6, 2022Let me take you back to a bygone era. . . . True story from my long-haired teenage mallrat days,…
