Sirens
The fact that the band Slaves to Sirens exists is impressive, but that they live, love, and breathe to play metal takes things to another level. Sirens documents the journey. Review by Charles DJ Deppner.
Tag: Heavy metal
Black Sabbath: The End of the End
See the last live show of metal pioneers Black Sabbath.
For the Sake of Heaviness: the History of Metal Blade Records
Founder relates the ups and downs of the long-running metal label.
Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con
Stan Lee’s Comikaze invades L.A.
Motörhead
Aftershock (UDR GmbH). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Motorhead in the Studio
How does one make a book about Motorhead, hard-drugging and hard-thrashing metal godfathers, boring? Read on…
We Wish You a Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year
Various Artists (Armoury Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Gregorian BC
Conquistadors of War. Review by Al Pergande.
Anvil
This Is Thirteen (VH1 Classics). Review by Duncan B. Barlow.
Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze interprets Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story and accidentally produces a subtle and nuanced experience for the adult.
Necrophobic
Satanic Blasphemies (Regain Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man
Shelton Hull suspects Jimmy Page is pleased with this unabashedly unauthorized biography.
Iced Earth
The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part 2) (SPV/Steamhammer). Review by Scott Adams.
Fueled By Fire
Spread the Fire (Metal Blade Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Destruction
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Heavy Metal Painkillers
Scott Adams finds that his leather chaps-wearing inner metal fan is satisfied by this new heavily illustrated tribute to the British metal gods. Need research fodder to debate the relative merits of British Steel over Screaming for Vengeance? This book is for you!
Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose
Black Sabbath. The name alone conjures up images of protean Metal, the stuff that called the demons forth and made the parents sweat. Matthew Moyer tells us why Doom Let Loose is the definitive guide to the definitive metal band.
Bring You To Your Knees
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Bring You To Your Knees
A Tribute To Guns N’ Roses (Law of Intertia). Review by Nick Plante.
Rondellus
Sabbatum: A Medieval Tribute to Black Sabbath (The Music Cartel). Review by David Lee Beowulf.
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