On the 30 Year Anniversary of The Black Album, Who Else Followed Suit? Metallica‘s legendary 1991 self titled album – more commonly The Black Album, represented a seismic shift in style that propelled the thrash pioneers to becoming one of the biggest bands on Planet Earth. For a heavy metal […]
Heavy metal is a genre whereby the integrity of the album is sacrosanct. Whereas popular music is often driven by singles, the satisfaction of listening to a stellar album straight through is something quite special. Within this sphere, opening tracks hold a special significance. Some albums prefer their opening tracks […]
Spirits and oceans collide on this week’s edition of Metal Track of the Week. Along with a certain crustacean labelled form of metalcore making it’s long awaited resurgence. There have been some standout heavy metal albums released this week. But we’re not here for that, we’re here for the mighty […]
Part of the thrash/groove metal establishment, Machine Head have had plenty of ups and downs throughout their lengthy career. The Oakland natives started off with a blockbuster debut album back when heavy metal was suppressed by the early 90s grunge boom. However things got very rocky for period before re-establishing […]
Who are the most important and influential bands to emerge from the groove metal scene? Groove metal is entrenched throughout the metal scene today. However, let’s head back to the 80s for a wee moment. Thrash metal has risen to become an underground force of nature. America produced the ‘Big […]
