FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-22-2023 HELLOWEEN INDUCTED TO METAL HALL OF FAME BY ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ OF ARCH ENEMY Clifton, NJ, May 22, 2023 – German power metal band Helloween was Inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame by founder Pat Gesualdo and special guest Alissa White-Gluz from Arch Enemy. The Induction took place on May …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HELLOWEEN TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE METAL HALL OF FAME AT TERMINAL 5 IN NYC Clifton, NJ, May 8, 2023 – German power metal band Helloween will be Inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place on stage at Terminal 5, New York City, May 20, 2023. …
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* The one with some general predictions about future music access and formats. Records, 8-tracks, reel-to-reels, tapes, CDs, mp3s, streaming – – how will we connect with and listen to our music in the years ahead? How will our Metal be delivered? ** The Skull Beneath the Skin. You’ll be able to have cybernetic implants …
* Can we turn down the house lights? All right, raise up your phones. . . Gen X and older, you can raise your lighters. It’s time to bring it down a notch and play some Power Ballads. They became requisites for artists of all Metal sub-genres for awhile, from Glam/Hair/Pop to NWOBHM, traditional, and …
The annual Metal Hall of Fame gala has become the Place To Be for Metal fans and VIPs alike. The 2023 ceremony owned the night, burned brightly on its own with no NAMM or any other event going on at the same time. The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA was filled to capacity, with …
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1/24/2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Metal Hall of Fame teams up with Deko Entertainment to release All Stars CD/DVD which includes appearances by Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest), Tony MacAlpine, Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne), Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater), Chris Impellitteri, Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS), Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne), Chris Poland (ex-Megadeth), Geoff Tate (ex-Queensryche), …
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Europe, Candlemass, Hammerfall, Yngwie Malmsteen By Rich Catino Yup, just like the Hammerfall song ‘(We Make) Sweden Rock’, Sweden has been rocking since the 80s with great bands. A couple big names that obviously come to mind – Europe, Yngwie Malmsteen, Candlemass. But the Sweden branch of the Heavy Metal tree has many smaller branches. …
Neglected, disrespected, shunned, mocked, overlooked, belittled scoffed at; Heavy Metal acts have always been derided by mainstream as second class. In spite of the genius creatives in our ranks, their conventional wisdom sees us as unintelligent, uncouth, unsophisticated, maladjusted, scary. . . Paradoxically, we in the Metal world simultaneously resent and embrace our classification as …
We’re off to the witch. Originally misheard as “We’re up to the witch,” ca. 1985, on my Emerson K3661A one-speaker boombox.* I had no inkling of the Satanic panic swirling around Dio’s 2nd solo masterpiece, “The Last in Line;” I was blissfully unaware of the pearl-clutching and hand-wringing over the demonic figure on his album …
Historic Metal Albums: Fear Factory – Demanufacture* The machine is now alive. Alternating clean and harsh vocals are commonplace in Heavy Metal today, but Fear Factory pioneered the technique on their “Soul of a New Machine” debut. They then perfected the hybrid vocal method on their sophomore album, and in the process, created one of …
