In a week we learn that Download Festival has been postponed once again, we still wait with bated breath that the return of live music will come soon! However, the continuing release of new music during a global pandemic has been remarkable. Conversely though, this week has had rather slim […]
2020 has been a total disaster on many fronts. Stuck in lockdown, no live music. Nightmare. However what 2020 has produced is a heap of quality heavy metal albums. Narrowing it down to ten was pretty tough going. But such is the quality of albums this year they are all […]
So you have no doubt heard this before. A band classified as Christian Rock or Christian Metal. But what does that really mean? A genre is typically there to describe a type of music. To let you know what you’re in for. We typically like certain types of music because […]
Are we living in a golden age of genre bending heavy music? There has been plenty of genre fusion through the history of heavy music. But there seems to be now, more than ever, artists who blend a huge variation into a single release, or across multiple albums. An example […]
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 […]
