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Metal Monday: France, The Metal Up And Comer

posted: September 12, 2011

Throughout the life of the Metal Monday column, I’ve written posts about what countries produce the best metal. No real surprise that the focus of these posts fell on Norway, Sweden, The UK and the…
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Metal Monday: Riff Fest 2011

posted: September 5, 2011

Over the years, the cornerstone of many great metal songs has been the almighty riff. Think of just about any legendary metal song, and there’s a pretty fair chance it also features a great riff.…
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Metal Monday: 20 Years of Opeth

posted: August 29, 2011

Just over twenty years as a band and coming up on eleven studio albums, Opeth have almost guaranteed their spot in the metal hall of fame given the legendary status of many of their albums.…
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Metal Monday: A Look Back At Megadeth's 'Peace Sells…But Who's Buying'

posted: August 22, 2011

1986 was a good year for metal. A really, really good year. Megadeth‘s Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying was a big part of why ’86 was so great. As you probably already figured out, 2011 marks…
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Metal Monday: Revocation Q&A

posted: August 15, 2011

One of the more anticipated albums in the metal community at large this summer has to be Revocation‘s upcoming album Chaos of Forms, set for release on August 16th (Relapse Records), a follow-up to 2009’s…
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Metal Monday: Solerrain Takes You To A Brutal Lonely Place

posted: August 8, 2011

If you’re a regular reader of Metal Mondays here at OurStage, you might remember a feature I wrote called “From Russia With Metal” about the band Illidiance. It would appear that Illidiance isn’t the only OurStage…
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