Author: Chad Bowar
Meet The Band: Wayward Sons
This week, Wayward Sons are in the Meet The Band spotlight. They were formed by Toby Jepson (Little Angels, Fastway), …
Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of September 15, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Ace Frehley, Black Mare, Bob Kulick, Caligula’s Horse, The Contortionist, Dyscarnate, Ensiferum, Highrider, Josh …
Brian Slagel Interview
Metal Blade head honcho Brian Slagel just released the book For The Sake Of Heaviness: The History Of Metal Blade …
Meet The Band: Uncured
This week’s we’re featuring the New York progressive death metal group Uncured in Meet The Band. Their debut album Medusa …
Septicflesh Interview
Greek crushers Septicflesh recently released their latest album Codex Omega. Guitarist/keyboardist/clean vocalist Sotiris Vayenas gives us the scoop on the …
August 2017 Best Heavy Metal Albums
A bit of the summer doldrums this month, with a few anticipated albums not living up to expectations. There were …
Paradise Lost Interview
Nearly three decades into their career, legendary British doom/deathsters Paradise Lost continue to make outstanding albums. Their latest opus Medusa …
Meet The Band: Khazaddum
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin group Khazaddum is our featured artist in this week’s Meet The Band. They play brutal death metal …
Korpiklaani Interview
Finnish folksters Korpiklaani are finally releasing their debut live album/DVD Live At Masters Of Rock, which also includes a bonus …
The Haunted Interview
The Haunted are back with their latest album Strength In Numbers. Guitarist Ola Englund gets us up to speed on …
Meet The Band: Subservience
This week we’re featuring the British group Subservience in Meet The Band. After several EPs, they just released their full-length …
Meet The Band: Nostoc
We travel to Costa Rica this week to shine the spotlight on Nostoc for Meet The Band. Aevum is the …
Masterplan Interview
For Masterplan‘s latest album PumpKings, they decided to cover songs that guitarist Roland Grapow had written during his time in …
All Out War Interview
New York hardcore veterans All Out War return with a new studio album Give Us Extinction, their first full-length in …
Meet The Band: Seven Spires
This week, we’re introducing the Massachusetts symphonic metal group Seven Spires in Meet The Band. They just released their full-length …
Accept Interview
Teutonic titans Accept return with their latest album The Rise Of Chaos, produced by longtime collaborator Andy Sneap. Founding guitarist …
Exit Eden Interview
Exit Eden are a new symphonic metal project featuring four female vocalists: Clementine Delauney (Visions Of Atlantis), Amanda Somerville (Trillium, …
Meet The Band: Ded
This week we’re shining the Meet The Band spotlight on Ded. The Arizona band’s debut album is Mis-An-Thrope, which has …
Tau Cross Interview
Two years after their debut, Tau Cross return with Pillar Of Fire. The band’s lineup, which includes vocalist Rob “The …
Meet The Band: Livid
In the spotlight for this week’s Meet The Band is the Minneapolis experimental doom group Livid. Beneath This Shroud, The …
Meet The Band: Heresiarch
The New Zealand black/death metal group Hiersiarch are in the spotlight for this week’s Meet The Band. After two EPs …
River Black Interview
The metallic hardcore band Burnt By The Sun released their last album in 2009, and disbanded soon after. Three of …
June 2017 Best Heavy Metal Albums
As the weather heats up, so did the quality of albums released in June. Narrowing down a strong crop of …