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“Death be not proud. Though some have called thee mighty and dreadful – thou art not so.” There are very few moments I can recall where I’ve heard songs or albums that opened up a whole new world of music to me. One such occasion was listening to Master of
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“It sounds like Zakk Wylde, but better.” – Zakk Wylde This is the way that Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne’s axeman for decades and widely regarded as one of the best metal guitarists in the world, characterized the playing of Finnish guitar hero Alexi Laiho. If you don’t come from
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When the word tragedy gets used in a literary sense, it generally refers to a play or story that ends unhappily due to the fall of the protagonist. The difference between comedies and tragedies has often been oversimplified as everyone lives in a comedy, whereas everyone dies in a tragedy.
Thrash metal legends Exodus unleashed their ferocious "The Battle Of '24" tour onto Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on November 19th. Lead guitarist, Gary Holt commented: "EXODUS are super stoked to announce 'The Battle Of '24' tour. This tour will be raging, and
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Reflecting on when Fredrik Åkesson joined Opeth in 2007 after the departure of founding member Peter Lindgren, band frontman and general mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt said: “Finally, we had a really, really good lead guitar player, so I could step back a little bit…I always wanted a good lead guitarist,
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Let‘s talk about my gateway bands that got me into metal. I am the third of four boys (my poor mom). So you would say that my older brothers’ musical choices had a big influence on me. My oldest brother was a hard rock guy. He liked Styx, Foreigner,
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MACHINE HEAD have announced a massive North American tour alongside Swedish metal icons IN FLAMES, Italian alt-metallers LACUNA COIL and American metalcore maestros UNEARTH. The crushing five-week jaunt begins in Oakland, California at the legendary Fox Theater, then heads south for a stop at Sick New World festival, then east,
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Frank Hetzel has been a giant in the Seattle metal community for many years – so much so that it’s been said that any metal band who played in the city was booked through him. After securing national and international bands to grace the stages of Seattle, he started to
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Hamilton Comic Con was held this weekend and I had the opportunity to go there and see what it was all about. The place was packed with people searching for Funko Pops, Records, Comics, Wrestling & Action figures and so much more. The convention was awesome and there was lots
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The term “renaissance man” is generally used to describe someone who excels in a number of different areas across a number of different disciplines. No one in the world of heavy metal fits that definition better than Alex Skolnick. When he takes the stage on September 6th at Starland Ballroom
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When then-hardcore band Corrosion of Conformity was looking for a new lead singer in 1989, they placed an ad in the classified section of The Village Voice. It said the band wanted a vocalist who was a cross between Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, H.R. from Bad Brains, and
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I regret to inform you all that I had a very unfortunate experience about a week ago. I listened to Metallica’s 2003 release, St. Anger, in full for the first time in years. St. Anger is widely regarded not just as Metallica’s worst album, but as one of