2013 was an abnormally good year in the world of heavy metal, but ever since metal’s full-on resurgence in the early ‘00s, each successive year has been pretty stellar in the head-banging realm.
Black Sabbath’s 13: it’s uneasy, tentative, yet one of the greatest metal albums of the year.
In a two-part special feature we look at the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, class of 2014. Below we assess this year’s candidates, their merits and contributions to rock and roll (or other genres). We offer some persepctive as well, trying to capture both sides of the debate, as we try to handicap the class of 2014.
In a two-part special feature we look at the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, class of 2014. Below we assess this year’s candidates, their merits and contributions to rock and roll (or other genres). We offer some persepctive as well, trying to capture both sides of the debate, as we try to handicap the class of 2014.
In an exclusive article, metalhead Greg Pratt tells us why, in a sweeping and eloquent retrospective, everything we think we know about metal music is probably wrong.
No man wants his best achievements to be things he did decades ago. No man wants to feel as though he has no hope of ever doing anything again for which he will be remembered—in a good way. But these are the struggles that the men in Metallica must live with every day.
