
The Loop of Combat: Form and Function in Iron Maiden’s Aerial Anthem
Iron Maiden’s “Aces High” (1984) is what happens when a songwriter is caught between the desire to tell a complete story with a beginning, a middle, and an ending and the compulsion to stay within …
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They Breed: Malevolent Creation’s Monument to Racism
Malevolent Creation lived up to their name in “They Breed” (1995), a formulaic, misanthropic blast of death metal that ends with the line, “You fucking niggers.” In a 2019 Distorted Sound interview…
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Chad Gray Says Metal Started with Lemmy, Black Sabbath, and Metallica
That's just like... your opinion, man.
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K.K. DOWNING Talks About Evolution From Early Rock To Modern Heavy Metal
K.K. Downing was asked what he thinks makes metalheads unique. He responded: "It's just getting into those bands that evolved, that took music from blues and progressive blues in the late '60s and early '70s....
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K.K. DOWNING Talks About Evolution From Early Rock To Modern Heavy Metal
In a new interview with The Times, original JUDAS PRIEST and current KK'S PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was asked what he thinks makes metalheads unique. He responded: "It's just getting into those bands that evolved, that took music from blues and progressive blues in the late '60s and early '70s....
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The Overlooked 1989 Masterpiece By A Heavy Metal Institution
At the end of the 1980s, one of metal's most important bands released a mid-career masterpiece. Nobody seemed to notice.
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1983 Was The Most Important Year in Heavy Metal History Because of These Releases
1983 saw a thunderstorm of creative brilliance from acts that would go on to become pioneers and leaders in heavy metal for decades to come.
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1983 Was The Most Important Year in Heavy Metal History Because of These Releases
1983 saw a thunderstorm of creative brilliance from acts that would go on to become pioneers and leaders in heavy metal for decades to come.
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KIRK HAMMETT Reveals The Unexpected Guitarist Who Shaped METALLICA's Kill 'Em All
"His licks all throughout Kill 'Em All."
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20 Albums That Define Viking Metal's Evolution
Sharpen your steel, set sail and conquer!
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