Showing posts with label Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rock. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

"Top 10 One Man Black Metal Bands

In a genre as insular and niche as black metal is, it stands to reason that the eschewing of live performance and interviews in favor of reclusive mystique leaves the door wide open - almost insists upon - recordings created entirely by the efforts of a single person
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Friday, February 7, 2014

"Best Helloween Albums

Once a month we delve into an iconic metal band's catalog and rank their five best albums. This month we shine the spotlight on Helloween. The legendary German band helped popularize power metal, and have released a ton of great records over their long career. Check out our picks for their top five, and post in the comments below what your choice is for their best album.
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Monday, December 30, 2013

"Essential Progressive Metal Albums

Progressive metal has evolved from its '70s/'80s rock roots to a wide-ranging and established genre.   It has also infiltrated other genres, with many bands in death, black, folk and other styles incorporating elements of progressive metal.    Veterans like Dream Theater and Fates Warning set the bar high, with modern bands such as Between The Buried And Me carrying the mantle for the younger generation.  We've put together a list of progressive metal albums that give a good overview for those exploring the genre.  It is not meant to be a comprehensive and all-inclusive list, just a starting point to delve into the genre.
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Monday, December 23, 2013

"Black Metal School Desk Drawings Now Considered Art

Remember all the shitty things you used to draw on your desk at school? We've all done it, and there always used to be that one kid that was really good at it. You were jealous of him too. Now we've got Artist Humberto Casas Junca taking his love of black metal and artistic representation
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Sunday, December 15, 2013

"Heavy Metal Music and the Communal Experience Conference

It is common to hear metal fans and musicians talk about the "metal community". This concept, which is widely used when referencing metal music, encompasses multiple levels of complexity that are seldom addressed in academic endeavors. When examined in detail, it raises more questions than answers. 
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

"Orson Welles Records Two Songs with the 1980s Heavy-Metal Band Manowar

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Heavy metal music enjoyed the pleasures of excess in the 1980s, an era when, if you believe certain biographers, writer-actor-auteur Orson Welles did the very same. Though some describe the life of the man who made Citizen Kane as having by then fallen into a final period of great decadence...
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