Behold the Strange Beauty of the Metal Ballads Album Covers
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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 like.…
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It’s the Geoff Tate Queensrÿche Experience!
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You can’t fire Geoff Tate from Queensrÿche, because he’s gonna start his own damn Queensrÿche!…
The Music Year That Was: The Best Albums of 2011
The usual disclaimers about my year-end music lists still apply. I’m only one man and only have so much time to listen to new albums. So even if I hear an album and it’s really…
Album review mini-roundup: Anthrax, Ladytron, and The New Mastersounds
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Quick reviews and song samples from three new albums by Anthrax (Worship Music), Ladytron, (Gravity the Seducer) and The New Mastersounds (Breaks From the Border).…
My favorite music: 1983
There was a lot of great music released in 1983. This is a list of my favorite albums and songs from that year, with .mp3 samples!…
Listening booth — Mastodon, “Spectrelight”
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The third single from the upcoming Mastodon record, The Hunter, is called “Spectrelight.” It is very good and you should listen to it.…
Listening booth — RIP Jani Lane of Warrant
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Today we remember Jani Lane, former lead singer for the hard rock/hair metal band Warrant, who passed away yesterday at age 47.…
Listening booth — Mastodon, “Black Tongue”
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Here’s the lead single and video for the upcoming Mastodon album, The Hunter. For those let down by Crack the Skye (like me), this sounds real good.…
My favorite music: 1972
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A rundown of my favorite albums (and songs) from the year that was 1972. Not all of it was very popular, but you can be certain it was all excellent.…