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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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 …
And what of the future? What is to be? I was there at the first Metal Hall of Fame awards gala in 2017, when it was still called the “Hall of Heavy Metal History.” I stood with the other journalists and photographers across from the Last Supper-like long table, awestruck at the pantheon of …
Few songs are as shrouded in haze and enigma as Sleep’s epic “Dopesmoker.” Like the planet Jupiter, it’s a massive, dense, swirling giant, with a storm raging at its center. Sixty-three fucking minutes without a key change, most of it chugging along on low guitar and bass strings tuned down to C. It’s a definitive. …
Let’s have an argument. Heavy Metal is outspoken, impassioned, unapologetic, and brutally honest. This applies to the music, the performers, and the fans. There’s plenty of room for intelligence, poetry, nuance and subtlety in the Metal dialogue, as long as there’s truth behind it, but we’re not going to flinch from any harsh reality. As …
SkullFist, White Wizzard, Cauldron, Holy Grail Keeping up with new music, the Metal Today section of the Metal Hall will keep readers informed on all the great new bands and music in heavy metal and hard rock from the present, and past ten or so years. SKULLFIST Ontario Canada the home to Skullfist …
Striker, Enforcer, Night Demon Keeping up with new music, the Metal Today section of the Metal Hall will keep readers informed on all the great new bands and music in heavy metal and hard rock from the present, and past ten or so years. By: Rich Catino ENFORCER Sweden’s Enforcer are one of the first from the now …
