June 1, 2022What is the greatest riff of all time? “Back in Black?” “For Whom the Bell Tolls?” “The Final Countdown?” “Raining…- May 3, 2022One of the great appeals of the electric guitar is that, in the right hands, each note can have pitch,…
- April 1, 2022Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán Press rewind. Let’s go back to the age when cassettes dominated the world. Yes, those…
- March 3, 2022I never saw W.A.S.P. live during their early meat-slinging days.* I loved “The Last Command” and their self-titled debut, but…
- February 3, 2022Hendrix, Lennon, Presley, Cobain, Joplin, Van Zant, Allman, Jones, Scott, Bonham – – Burton. All changed the world. All gone…
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- December 13, 2021Jon Zazula is one of the greatest rockstars of all time. He’s never electrified any crowds with blistering guitar solos,…
- December 3, 2021By Rich Catino If you read my first article titled Power Metal. The Germans, Part 1, I talked about Helloween…
- November 7, 2021Let’s have an argument. Heavy Metal is outspoken, impassioned, unapologetic, and brutally honest. This applies to the music, the performers,…
- October 16, 2021By Rich Catino When talking about the importance of the Germans to the history of Heavy Metal, from the 80s…
