Tag: classic metal

  • MOUNT AIRY CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF GEOFF TATE’S “EMPIRE”

    MOUNT AIRY CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF GEOFF TATE’S “EMPIRE”

  • Spirit Adrift – Curse of Conception

    Spirit Adrift – Curse of Conception

    Not to be confused with German band Spirit Descent, Spirit Adrift is a side project from the Phoenix sludge and death metal scenes, with members also doing time in outfits like Goya, TOAD and Gatecreeper. Their first album, Chained to Oblivion, was a solo effort, with one guy playing all the instruments—but they’ve since expanded…

  • Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls

    Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls

    If Judas Priest‘s track record has done anything for metal over the last forty-five years, it has taught us that lineup changes can either mark a bright new beginning or be potentially disastrous for even the best bands. The band’s history speaks for itself; while Rob Halford remains one of the most respected singers in metal,…

  • Korpiklaani – Manala

    Korpiklaani – Manala

    Korpiklaani are a band of the wild that produce music far from an animal call, but a signature sound that summons fans – those who appreciate progenitors shaping the credibility of a once scoffed metal sub-genre through an innovative tribute to culture.

  • Skelator – Death To All Nations

    By Kyle Harcott When the bands manage to get it right, I’m a fan of the trend of new classic-sounding power metal bands cropping up. There are a handful of bands that pull off the retro sound flawlessly enough to sound as though it comes naturally to them. But, as with any trend, the majority…

  • The Gates of Slumber: Hymns of Blood And Thunder

    There is in fact a greater cohesiveness over all to this new record that was not there on early releases. This is a band that is at their peak now as a true unit, a well-oiled machine as it were.

  • Judas Priest @ Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July 9, 2009

    In celebration of the 30th anniversary of their landmark album British Steel, Judas Priest returned to Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre for one of their best shows in recent years.

  • Slough Feg: Ape Uprising!

    We’ve seen a lot of goofy gimmicks in metal, and monkey metal has to be a first, but if there ever was a band that could convincingly serve up a concept album based on the blatantly Hestonian notion of apes conquering the world and wiping out mankind in the process, it’s Slough Feg.

  • Thin Lizzy: Still Dangerous

    Released in 1978, Thin Lizzy’s Live & Dangerous is considered essential. An about-face to the band’s hit-and-miss studio output of the time, that offering boasts a tight, almost untouchable act. Therefore, news of a follow-up effort recorded around the same time, Still Dangerous: Live at the Tower Theater Philadelphia 1977 comes across as a double-edged…

  • Judas Priest – Metal Gods

    Judas Priest is quintessential British heavy metal. One of the first groups to truly embrace the heavy metal tag, over the past 35 years the Birmingham, England-based quintet have remained one of the genre’s most important bands and have the bruises to show for it.