Metal Milestones
What is the Metal that made you? Not necessarily the greatest Heavy albums of all time, or even your personal favorites, but the songs...
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- Jul 7
- 6 min
Hymns From The Metal Church Parish
Many, many years ago, on a distant shore (specifically, the Pacific Northwest), Metal Church was born. Four decades, four recorded...
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- Jun 12
- 7 min
Death and Black Metal Pioneers of the 1980s - Possessed, Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate
By Rich Catino and Jack Mangan The 80s was the golden era of Heavy Metal, much of it by today's standards now considered in the Hard Rock...
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- May 11
- 8 min
Judas Priest - Never Forget
The music that matters most to us in our formative years often helps us to figure out who we are, who we want to be, who we’re going to...
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- Apr 4
- 7 min
Terrible Songs From Brilliant Albums, Part 4
Even masterpieces can have imperfections. Sometimes those flaws contrast the overall brilliance, paradoxically elevating the greatness of...
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- Mar 9
- 4 min
The Band That Walked the Line
The Signs were everywhere in 1990. A certain strain of Heavy Metal had become commercialized and commodified to ascend the Pop charts,...
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- Mar 9
- 4 min
Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Part 3, 90-93ish & the Canadians
By: Rich Catino “Hair”, Glam Metal’s last stand before hard rock music changed as grunge, alternative, and later in the 90s/early2000’s...
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- Jan 4
- 5 min
Shout to Mars
Now listen up. Their sophomore album may have released in September 1983, but Motley Crue’s dominant era truly began in 1984. That’s when...
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- Dec 13, 2023
- 3 min
Sebastian Bach: Won’t Be the One Left Behind
I’d like to talk to you today about someone who is very shy, quiet, and timid. . . Just kidding. As soon as he hit the scene in 1989,...
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- Nov 9, 2023
- 8 min
Metal Legacy: Six Greats in a Row
Most bands suck. It’s a fact. Very few produce even one great studio album, let alone back-to-back masterpieces. Some of the greats have...
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- Oct 5, 2023
- 5 min
Terrible Songs From Brilliant Albums, Part 3
It’s the return of Metal trash-talk! Here are the rules of the game: Single out an absolute masterpiece of an album, a timeless release...
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- Sep 25, 2023
- 7 min
Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Part 2, 1986-1989
by Rich Catino Hopefully you have, or will, read the first part to this topic here at the Metal Hall titled Don’t Call It Hair Metal:...
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- Sep 4, 2023
- 6 min
Back in Black
AC/DC started the Metal 80s with tragedy and triumph. Tragedy in February of 1980, with the shocking loss of their lead singer, Bon...
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- Aug 7, 2023
- 5 min
Defenders of the Faith
The older kids spoke with reverence for their recent hits: “Breaking the Law,” “Livin’ After Midnight,” “Hellion/Electric Eye,” “Heading...
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- Aug 7, 2023
- 11 min
Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Part 1 1982-85
by Rich Catino Note: Thanks to fellow Metal Hall writer Jack Mangan for your input and suggestions, and guitarist Jack Frost (Seven...
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- Jul 5, 2023
- 5 min
Helloween – Keeper of the Power Metal Keys
The mid-1980s. Traditional Heavy Metal was firmly established at this point, still expanding in strength and reach, becoming well-defined...
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- Jun 3, 2023
- 8 min
Drums of Doom
1, 2, 3, 4. Anyone with functioning limbs (and lungs and digits, where applicable) can master an instrument. True musicianship nirvana is...
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- May 2, 2023
- 4 min
Metal Deliverance
* The one with some general predictions about future music access and formats. Records, 8-tracks, reel-to-reels, tapes, CDs, mp3s,...
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- Mar 2, 2023
- 6 min