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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 Artists – Enter Your Heaviest Track To Win Strings From Ernie Ball
posted: September 1, 2011
If it wails, if it shreds, if it grooves like none other”then it probably belongs in September’s Metal Channel. Think you’ve got a brutal track worthy of the OurStage metal minions? Enter by September 22nd…
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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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Press Shuffle: Metal Melting Pot
posted: August 24, 2011
We all have our reasons to listen to metal. It can provoke an infinity of emotions, and do so with extreme efficiency. When talking to metal fans, they use words like loud, obnoxious, aggressive, anarchic,…
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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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