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Metal Monday: Metal Album Remasters

posted: June 27, 2011

If you never really listened to Megadeth or Atheist before the year 2004, there’s a fair chance that you’ve never really heard these bands as they originally sounded on their albums. Since 2000, both of…
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Metal Monday: Best Metal of 2010

posted: December 27, 2010

In a year characterized by comebacks and newcomers, 2010 has been filled with solid metal releases. There were not many albums that were a true cut above the rest”most albums were in tight contention for…
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Metal Monday: Album of the Year Frontrunners

posted: May 31, 2010

It’s about halfway through the year, and you know what that means ”we’ve only got 6 months left to get new album of the year candidates. There have been some surprises, both good and bad,…
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METAL MONDAY: REVIEW OF DARK EMPIRE'S HUMANITY DETHRONED

posted: October 12, 2009

Dark Empire, a Jersey band signed to Killzone Records, recently won July’s Metal contest here on OurStage. Humanity Dethroned is the follow-up to Dark Empire’s very solid debut release, Distant Tides. For those who have…
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METAL MONDAYS: ICONIC METAL VOCALISTS

posted: September 14, 2009

Run to the hills, run for your lives. Imagine that lyric sang by say, the singer of Coldplay instead of Bruce Dickinson (of Iron Maiden fame). Not quite the same oomph huh? In some styles…
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METAL MONDAY: SUMMER FESTIVAL OVERVIEW

posted: August 24, 2009

Everyone knows that summertime is festival season, and whenever people think of music festivals, they think of events like SXSW and Bonnaroo. Unless they are metalheads. For hardcore rockers, popular summer festivals include Wacken and…
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