Twenty years later, and heavy metal’s favorite sons are still going strong. Gregory Schaefer attends a special screening – with special guest!

Regrets (Self Released). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Operators Are Standing By: The Essential Gary Lucas 1988-1996 (Knitting Factory). Review by James Mann.

Volume (Popularity / Artemis). Review by Stein Haukland.

The Best of Deep Purple: The Millennium Collection (Mercury). Review by James Mann.

Hymns to Victory and The Book of Burning (Noise). Review by Stein Haukland.

It’s not every day that you get to attend a Viking wedding. Ian Koss recounts the events surrounding the marriage of David Lee Beowulf.

Sub-Basement (Black Widow). Review by Stein Haukland.

As Gail Worley herself might say, “It’s all about hangin’ out with rock stars.” Gail hung out with plenty of rock stars this year, and here presents the 19 most memorable things they said to her.

Spinal Tap, with The Folksmen at The Beacon Theater in New York City, NY on July 16, 2001. Concert review by David Lee Beowulf.

Having been there virtually from the start, David Lee Beowulf is eminently qualified to school you on Ink 19’s genesis and ten-year history… from his own, unique perspective.

Cloud-Wow Music (Smells Like). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Second Rekoning (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

When you’re the guitar prodigy son of a music legend, the pressure’s on before the first note is played. How does Dweezil Zappa handle the expectations of life in the shadow of musical genius Frank? By just having fun with it! Gail Worley shoots the breeze with the strangely named scion of the Zappa family.

On the occasion of his first solo album, Iommi, Bryan Reesman sits down with the dark lord of metal himself to discuss unusual collaborations, his brief stint in Jethro Tull, and why Black Sabbath were the real inspiration behind Spinal Tap.