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Metal Monday: 5 Bands you might not know, but should
posted: March 8, 2010
As you likely already know, OurStage is a music discovery platform serving all sorts of great musical artists. Sometimes, though, there are bands that people should know about but, for whatever reason, don’t. Here are…
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Metal Monday: Happy Belated Birthday, Heavy Metal
posted: March 1, 2010
February 13, 1970 “ the day metal was “born.” The event was the release of Black Sabbath’s first release, Black Sabbath. Metal is now forty-years-young. It sure has been a wild ride where trends have…
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Metal Monday: The Art of the Metal Solo
posted: February 22, 2010
“Shred ’til death” ” the battlecry of thrash metal dudes (and chicks) around the globe. With the advent of faster and more extreme metal genres like thrash, the tradition of the metal solo has been a mainstay. A…
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Metal Monday: Heavy Metal is Our Religion
posted: February 15, 2010
The year was 2001. Within many English-speaking countries there was a grassroots campaign effort to get citizens to fill in the religious affiliation portion of their census form with “Jedi” (See also Jedi Census Phenomenon).…
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Metal Monday: One Sentence Reviews
posted: February 8, 2010
The art of conciseness is something many people do not practice. Since February is the shortest month of the year, I’ll keep things brief and to the point. This ode to conciseness post features one-sentence…
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Metal Monday: Why A Metal Band Name Matters
posted: February 1, 2010
If I were to ask you what type of music a band called Abigail Williams would play, what would you say? Was your guess symphonic blackened death metal? If you guessed otherwise, you’re incorrect. What…
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