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