Category: Metal Milestones

  • September 25, 2023
    Hopefully you have, or will, read the first part to this topic here at the Metal Hall titled Don’t Call…
  • September 4, 2023
    AC/DC started the Metal 80s with tragedy and triumph. Tragedy in February of 1980, with the shocking loss of their…
  • August 7, 2023
    The older kids spoke with reverence for their recent hits: “Breaking the Law,” “Livin’ After Midnight,” “Hellion/Electric Eye,” “Heading Out…
  • August 7, 2023
    Note: Thanks to fellow Metal Hall writer Jack Mangan for your input and suggestions, and guitarist Jack Frost (Seven Witches,…
  • July 5, 2023
    The mid-1980s. Traditional Heavy Metal was firmly established at this point, still expanding in strength and reach, becoming well-defined and…
  • June 3, 2023
    1, 2, 3, 4. Anyone with functioning limbs (and lungs and digits, where applicable) can master an instrument. True musicianship…
  • May 2, 2023
    The one with some general predictions about future music access and formats. Records, 8-tracks, reel-to-reels, tapes, CDs, mp3s, streaming –…
  • March 2, 2023
    Can we turn down the house lights? All right, raise up your phones. . . Gen X and older, you…
  • January 30, 2023
    The annual Metal Hall of Fame gala has become the Place To Be for Metal fans and VIPs alike. The…
  • January 15, 2023
    Europe, Candlemass, Hammerfall, Yngwie Malmsteen    By Rich Catino Yup, just like the Hammerfall song ‘(We Make) Sweden Rock’, Sweden has…