Taking its roots in the late ’60s via pioneering blacksmiths such as Black Sabbath (“Behind the Wall of Sleep”), Deep Purple (“Mandrake Root”), and Led Zeppelin (“Good Times, Bad Times”), Metal has become one of the most diverse genres of music, branching over the years...
The iron-fisted Judas Priest are back! On the road for the first time since December of 2015, the most unrelenting force in Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, march into cities across the Unites States and Europe on the Firepower Tour. A billing that includes the mighty...
Over 50 million screaming records sold, the undisputed Metal Gods, Judas Priest - Rob Halford (vocals), Glenn Tipton (guitar), Ian Hill (bass), Richie Faulkner (guitar), and Scott Travis (drums) - return in scorching form to deliver their newest offering, Firepower, set for release on March 9, 2018...
Knighted in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, England's Saxon are a Heavy Metal battalion who have rode a wave of well-deserved success in the genre ever since their inception back in the late 1970's. Armed with a mammoth catalog of music, filled with...
Conceiving a new animal, former Battle Beast Guitarist Anton Kabanen launched Beast In Black in 2015 with Guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen (ex-Amberian Dawn, ex-U.D.O), Drummer Sami Hänninen (ex-Brymir), Bassist Máté Molnár (Wisdom), and Vocalist Yannis Papadopoulos (Wardrum). Making music on their own terms, Beast In Black...
In 1982, times were beginning to change in the world of technology, and with the launch of the Commodore 64, computers were now available for home use. A life-changing event, the first Compact Disc players were being sold in Japan, and for the first time...
Thirty years ago, when Rock was Rock, the Rock-n-Roll Horror cult classic, Trick Or Treat, was released in theaters. Debuting October 24th of 1986, the film starred Marc Price (Family Ties TV Series, The Rescue 1988), Tony Fields (A Chorus Line 1985, The Doctor 1991), Lisa Orgolini (Stalin 1992, Shining Through 1992), Doug Savant (Teen Wolf 1985, Melrose...
What do Geoff Tate, Tim "Ripper" Owens, and Blaze Bayley have in common? For one, they are former vocalists of three of the most recognized Heavy Metal bands ever, Tate formerly of Queensrÿche, Owens formerly of Judas Priest, and Bayley formerly of Iron Maiden. Second,...
Back in 1976, The Heavy Metal scene in the United Kingdom was being taken over by a strong presence of Punk Rock. So when Judas Priest released their second album, Sad Wings of Destiny, on March 23rd of that year, it unfortunately did not initially...
Paving the way for the Heavy Metal scene in the early 1970s, five hardcore headbanging rockers, wearing a lot of leather and metal studs, called themselves Judas Priest. The British band, formed in Birmingham, England in 1969, had several personnel changes before recording their first...
