by Zenae Zukowski | Jun 23, 2017 | News
Rolling Stone has been keeping us busy this week between their 100 best metal albums of all time list and finding out Lars Ulrich’s top 15 hard rock and metal albums. As part of that, they recently caught up with Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford, asking him what...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 8, 2017 | Covers, Video
If Rodrigo y Gabriela taught us anything, it’s that acoustic guitar can be surprisingly metal. The band covered Metallica’s “Orion” and Testament’s Alex Skolnick has sat in with them. Benjamin Woods is helping that theory out. He did a...
by Bram Teitelman | May 16, 2017 | Merchandising
If you were raised in the woods of Norway or live in a major city, the thought of a Hot Topic might not appeal to you, but in suburbs and mall culture everywhere, they’re really a gateway to metal. Once a place to buy CDs, it’s also where you could pick up...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 10, 2017 | Awards, News
While we didn’t attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this past Friday, with the exception of Rush’s Geddy Lee playing bass with Yes as they were inducted, it doesn’t appear like we missed all that much. Journey was inducted, and while Steve Perry...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 1, 2017 | News
Last month, Mastodon’s Brent Hinds boldly claimed that Judas Priest was not metal, even stating how weird he thought it was to hear Rob Halford proclaim himself as a “Metal God.” Most of the metal community considered Hinds’ remarks a bit baffling. However, it...