Not all music lasts forever. Psychedelia, Electro-Pop, Bitpop, Disco, Nu-metal, Pop Punk. All were huge mainstream success, but didn’t survive for long, mostly not beyond their decade. Thrash metal emerged in the 1980s to huge success, but by the 1990s had all but disappeared. Normally this would mean the end […]
Florida’s Trivium have been around long enough now to be mainstays in the heavy metal world and are onto their ninth studio album in 2020. Comprising of vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy, lead guitarist Corey Beaulieu, bassist Paulo Gregoletto and stickman Alex Bent, their lineup has been largely stable over their career. […]
To mark in the season of all that is spooky, looking at a band I have never understood – Ghost So here we are, ghost, ghouls and all that is terrible. And that’s just the evening news. Whilst this year is going to look a little different, if you are […]
System of a Down are an Armenian American band formed in 1994. Well known for innovative, politically charged and totally zany approach to song writing. Front man Serj Tankian and guitarist Daron Malakian sharing vocal duties, Shavo Odadjian on Bass and Jon Dolmayan on the sticks. In their time they […]
I have been listening to heavy metal music for 20 years now. But I had to start somewhere. If you already listen to metal, then you will know the albums that got you there. If not, then take note of some of the albums below, maybe they will get you […]
You will have heard that vocalist Burton C Bell quit Fear Factory (again) this past week. Appears that the confrontation within the band finally got to breaking point and the exit is permanent this time. Burton was the only member there for the whole discography, with Dino Cazares now the […]
Iconic Linkin Park album celebrates 20 years in October 2020 Hybrid Theory is getting a special re-release this month commemorating 20 years since it was first released on 24th October 2000. Remembering an album that unexpectedly took the world by storm and spoke to angsty teens worldwide. Linkin Park formed […]
Would these 5 metal albums have been better received if another band had released them instead? These metal albums are often criticised for being a sharp shift in musical direction. But would they have been better received by established bands within that genre? Sometimes a band releases an album and […]
New Metal Blog Welcome to your new blog on all things metal. So I have been listening to metal for over 20 years now. I grew up listening to all sorts of rubbish (I did grow up in the 90s). But it wasn’t until I discovered metal that I found […]
