Here we are on the eve of 2009 and for some reason I’m getting more of a sense of “the end” rather than “the beginning”. For me, I usually can’t wait for New Year’s. It’s a time to start over, to right wrongs and set things in order. It’s a time of promise and of [...]
Archive for December, 2008
New Year’s Eve Playlist
Posted: December 31, 2008 in Now PlayingTags: Aerosmith, AOR, Classic Rock, Damn Yankees, Extreme, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Lana Lane, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Twisted Sister
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CD Scavenger Hunt — DVD Edition
Posted: December 30, 2008 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Ebay, Fight, Glam, Halford, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Manowar, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Rob Halford, Rock
One of the things that I didn’t do much of in 2008 was buy and watch Metal DVDs. I’m not really sure what the problem was, some really good DVDs were released, but I just kept going with CDs. I decided to correct the situation with all the gift cards and cash I got for [...]
WANTED: Wild Boyz – Unleashed! (1990)
Posted: December 29, 2008 in Video, Videos, WantedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Wild Boyz, Youtube
WANTED Wild Boyz – Unleashed! (1990) When I got my Internet account back in 1998, I started searching for Hard Rock bands from my youth. I had (and still have) a ton of old Rock magazines and I would grab a back issue and find bands I had forgotten about and search them. Those [...]
Coming this week…..
Posted: December 28, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
Christmas is over but we have the New Year to look forward to. I love the new year because it gives everyone a chance to “start over” when the reality is that life just keeps going! Life will continue here at HMA as I already have an eye on 2009. I’ve got some new albums [...]
The Top 30 Albums of 2008 (#1-#15)
Posted: December 27, 2008 in Year End AwardsTags: Alice Cooper, AOR, Avantasia, Ayreon, Benedictum, Best of 2008, Classic Rock, Cloudscape, Def Leppard, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Journey, Judas Priest, Melodic Rock, Metal, Michael Schenker Group, Moonspell, MSG, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Royal Hunt, Shannon, Testament, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake
2008 was another great year for new Hard Rock and Heavy Metal albums and I was lucky to have heard a great many of them. There were hundreds of new albums released by hundreds of bands over a wide range of Metal genres, it was very hard to keep up especially when I’m spending my [...]
The Top 30 Albums of 2008 (#16-#30)
Posted: December 26, 2008 in Year End AwardsTags: AC/DC, AOR, Best of 2008, Black Tide, Brainstorm, Classic Rock, Dokken, Glam, Griffen, Gypsy Pistoleros, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Jorn Lande, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Motorhead, Music, Night Ranger, NWOBHM, Pharaoh, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Temujin, The Sword, Tyr, Uli Jon Roth
2008 was another great year for new Hard Rock and Heavy Metal albums and I was lucky to have heard a great many of them. There were hundreds of new albums released by hundreds of bands over a wide range of Metal genres, it was very hard to keep up especially when I’m spending my [...]
The 5 Worst Albums of 2008
Posted: December 24, 2008 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Asia, Bret Michaels, Classic Rock, Dokken, Don Dokken, Engel, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Poison, Queen, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Rock
2008 was another banner year for new albums, bands from all different genres of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal released good albums this year and I was on the frontlines buying them up as they came out. There were definitely some bad ones too and I picked up a few of them over the course [...]
The Top 5 Music DVDs of 2008
Posted: December 23, 2008 in Year End AwardsTags: Acrassicauda, AOR, Best of 2008, Classic Rock, Gamma Ray, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal In Baghdad, Iron Maiden, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Paul Stanley, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
2008 was another great year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal DVDs but I didn’t buy nearly as many as I did last year. This year was all about the quality instead of the quantity as the global economy became the issue of the year. The good news is that bands are taking great care [...]
Albums I Missed in 2007
Posted: December 22, 2008 in Year End AwardsTags: After Forever, Anvil, AOR, Armory, Classic Rock, Gamma Ray, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helix, King Diamond, Lana Lane, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, Nightwish, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, U.D.O., W.A.S.P.
There are so many albums released every year that it’s almost impossible to keep up. Usually I spend the first two months of the new year acquiring all the albums I didn’t buy the previous year before all the new releases start to flood the market. 2007 was no exception, I missed more than a [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt – The final hunt of 2008
Posted: December 21, 2008 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Jorn Lande, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Twisted Sister, Yngwie Malmsteen
I went out on my final CD hunt last Wednesday to the local record store. I had two “$5 off a $25 purchase” coupons to use up before they expired so I took the two hours I had free before I had to pick up the kids at school and went shopping. I braved a small crowd [...]
Heavy Metal Addiction 2008 Awards Week
Posted: December 21, 2008 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Best of 2008, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Worst of 2008
Christmas week is finally here, and it’s also the last full week of December 2008, that means it’s time for my year end awards. It’s been another great year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and I have listened to more new releases by many different bands in many different genres. I have a huge pile of albums [...]
DragonForce – Ultra Beatdown (2008)
Posted: December 16, 2008 in Album Reviews, Video, VideosTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Dragonforce, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Ultra Beatdown, Youtube
DragonForce – Ultra Beatdown (2008, Roadrunner) Heroes Of Our Time The Fire Still Burns Reasons To Live Heartbreak Armageddon The Last Journey Home A Flame For Freedom Inside The Winter Storm The Warrior Inside Strike Of The Ninja (bonus track on special edition CD) Scars Of Yesterday (bonus track on special edition CD) Band Lineup: ZP Theart [...]
