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German Thrash: The Teutonic Big 4: Tankard, Sodom, Destruction, Kreator
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The Greatest Riff of All Time?
What is the greatest riff of all time? “Back in Black?” “For Whom the Bell Tolls?” “The Final Countdown?” “Raining Blood?” “Popcorn” by Hot Butter?
Always With Me, Always With You
One of the great appeals of the electric guitar is that, in the right hands, each note can have pitch, waver, and modulation –
K-Tel: Mixtapes of Metal
Press rewind. Let’s go back to the age when cassettes dominated the world. Yes, those beloved plastic cartridges with their twin internal spools, their microfiche-sized
W.A.S.P. Can’t Be Tamed
I never saw W.A.S.P. live during their early meat-slinging days.* I loved “The Last Command” and their self-titled debut, but I was just a
Cliff Burton. Bass Solo, Take 1
Hendrix, Lennon, Presley, Cobain, Joplin, Van Zant, Allman, Jones, Scott, Bonham – – Burton. All changed the world. All gone too soon. Thousands
Sleep Study: Doom for the 21st Century
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
Jon Zazula
Jon Zazula is one of the greatest rockstars of all time. He’s never electrified any crowds with blistering guitar solos, never driven an arena full
German Metal, Part 2
WARLOCK, RAGE, SINNER By Rich Catino If you read my first article titled Power Metal. The Germans, Part 1, I talked about Helloween

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Metal and Politics – The Toxic Waltz
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
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