What’s the best death metal album of each year of the 1990s? You’re about to find out! While death metal began five years earlier if you’re among the true believers who agree that Possessed‘s 1985 debut Seven Churches was indeed the subgenre’s very first full length, it enjoyed a much larger breakout in the ’90s. The […]
Our guest on this episode of How I Learned to sing is Lee Jennings of The Funeral Portrait. The frontman takes us back to his childhood, how he first fell in love with singing, support from his family and the challenges touring presents for a singer. How Lee Jennings Began Singing + Early Influences When […]
Megadeth have released 16 studio albums with their final album on the way and here’s how they rank from worst to best. Dave Mustaine’s eternally shape-shifting musical vehicle which has seen countless members come and go has hit a few bumps in the road through the years, but has, overall, delivered a remarkably strong catalog […]
Today, we will be investigating why five classic black metal bands stopped wearing corpse paint. Nothing is more irritating than the persistent, ignorant belief that black metal is about corpse paint — the music is what comes first, not to mention that a plethora of quality acts such as Rotting Christ and Aura Noir have proudly done without […]
Keri Kelli and Greg Koch joined Loudwire Nights on Wednesday (Aug. 13) to dive into the debut album from the new animated band Metal Warrior, The Crushed Souls of Our Enemies. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “We’ve been working on this project for a few years,” Kelli […]
Robert Plant turned down an invitation to be part of Back to the Beginning, a farewell concert for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath held in Birmingham, England on July 5. Reason Robert Plant Declined Back to the Beginning Invite Plant recently spoke with Mojo, where he revealed that Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi invited him to attend Back […]
Our list of Ozzy Osbourne‘s 11 best vocal performances with Black Sabbath is here to remind you what a monster the Prince of Darkness was behind the mic. Despite being the most famous figure in the history of heavy metal, Ozzy is not typically remembered for his sterling vocal technique. But even if he wasn’t the most technically gifted singer, he […]
If his social media is any indication, Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler may be one of the best metal grandpas around, helping to promote a new song by the granddaughter he once took to a Taylor Swift concert. Geezer Butler’s Granddaughter Debuts Music Video A post made on Butler’s official Facebook on Tuesday (Aug. 12) shared a […]
Whatever happened to rock and metal’s class of 1975? After reading this list, you’ll see that it was a supremely great year for new bands making their first impression with several Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acts emerging at the 1970s midpoint. Though their arrival stateside would come later, 1975 was the year that […]
Did you know Sabrina Carpenter once covered a Guns N’ Roses song while dressed like Axl Rose? With over 65 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Carpenter is one of the biggest musicians on the planet right now. The “Espresso” singer first rose to prominence over a decade ago on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World. […]
