Well, one of my favorite bands, Type O Negative, is performing tonight in Cincinnati. But, instead of driving to the show, I’m sitting here at work. How is that fair?
But, I’m determined to make the best of my misfortune. Thinking about tonight’s show made me dig into my Type O collection - which led me to spin the band’s best [...]
Essential Albums #7: Type O Negative “Dead Again”
Essential Albums #6: Manowar “Into Glory Ride”
Today, I say “hail” to an album that blew me away when I heard it for the first time more than 20 years ago – Manowar’s rough 1983 epic, “Into Glory Ride.”
Now wait. Stop rolling your eyes. I know Manowar has done some goofy things before – like posing in loin cloth and leather and getting [...]
Essential Albums #5: “Destroyer,” by KISS
Today, I’ll likely throw pretty much all my metal cred out the window by confessing my undying love to the greatest KISS album of all time, 1976’s “Destroyer.”
Although “Destroyer” is not technically “metal,” the album does contain arguably the heaviest song in KISS’ career, the blazing “God of Thunder.” Meanwhile, hard-rocking tracks like “Detroit Rock [...]
Essential Albums #4: Anthrax, “We’ve Come For You All”
As any Blabbermouth.net reader knows by now, Anthrax has parted ways with vocalist Dan Nelson and the band is in search of a new singer.
Nelson either quit or was fired, depending on who you believe (Nelson and guitarist Scott Ian, not surprisingly, give differing accounts of the breakup). Maybe that’s too bad – unless “Worship [...]
Essential Albums #3: Iron Maiden: “A Matter Of Life And Death”
Many people probably considered Iron Maiden a nostalgia act when vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith rejoined the band in 2000. Those people should have known better.
In the years since Dickinson’s departure, Maiden had continued to move forward creatively. Although Blaze Bayley was no Bruce Dickinson, he was a strong vocalist and the band [...]
Essential Albums #2: “Angel Dust” by Faith No More
After the release of “The Real Thing” in 1989, San Francisco’s Faith No More became – most likely to the band’s surprise – commercially successful. The album, the first to feature vocalist Mike Patton, took off after rock radio and MTV embraced the song “Epic.” The band was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the category [...]
Essential Albums #1: “Awaken The Guardian” by Fates Warning
Today, I launch my (completely subjective) list of metal albums that, for one reason or another, didn’t get the attention they deserved when they were released … and I can’t think of a better album to start this series with than “Awaken The Guardian,” a 1986 masterpiece from East Coast progressive metallers Fates Warning.
Like a [...]
