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Listening Booth — Scorpions, “The Sails of Charon”

Chris Holmes
posted on April 18, 2014April 18, 2014
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For Friday, here’s a slab of vintage 1970s metal and progressive rock all rolled up into one beautiful, German package. Wait, that doesn’t sound right. Anyway, this song is on the

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Behold the Strange Beauty of the Metal Ballads Album Covers

Chris Holmes
posted on April 15, 2013February 10, 2015
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Whichever one of these four Metal Ballads album covers you choose as your favorite, you win. Because this is what awesome looks

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Album Cover of the Week: Rainbow — Rising

Chris Holmes
posted on July 16, 2012February 10, 2015
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Let us look at the album cover for Rainbow's 1976 album Rising, illustrated by fantasy great Ken

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So fresh: 10 Black Sabbath songs that will never get old

Chris Holmes
posted on November 14, 2011February 28, 2013
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Last Friday the original, legendary Black Sabbath lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — announced that they are reuniting once again for a tour and a 2012