Archive for October, 2009
Alice Cooper – Halloween Public Service Announcement & ‘Keepin’ Halloween Alive’ (2009) videos
Posted: October 31, 2009 in Now Playing, Video, VideosTags: Alice Cooper, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Youtube
2009 Heavy Metal Halloween Top 10
Posted: October 31, 2009 in Now PlayingTags: Alice Cooper, AOR, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Fastway, Glam, Halloween, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helloween, Iron Maiden, King Diamond, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, W.A.S.P.
(Read the 2010 Heavy Metal Halloween Top 10) My favorite time of year is here again…..Halloween! A couple of years ago, I did the 2007 Heavy Metal Halloween Top 10. What I was trying to do was pick out some songs that were creepy, spooky and fit into the Halloween mood. Of course I left [...]
Ace Frehley – Anomaly (2009)
Posted: October 31, 2009 in Album ReviewsTags: Ace Frehley, AOR, Classic Rock, Frehley's Comet, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock
Ace Frehley – Anomaly (2009, Bronx Born Records) Foxy & Free Outer Space Pain In The Neck Fox On The Run Genghis Khan Too Many Faces Change The World Space Bear A Little Below The Angels Sister It’s A Great Life Fractured Quantum Musicians: Ace Frehley – Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitars Anton Fig – [...]
The 69 Eyes – Back In Blood (2009)
Posted: October 30, 2009 in Album ReviewsTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Gothic Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, The 69 Eyes
The 69 Eyes – Back In Blood (2009, The End Records) Back In Blood We Own the Night Dead ‘N Gone The Good, The Bad & The Undead Kiss Me Undead Lips Of Blood Dead Girls Are Easy Night Watch Some Kind Of Magick Hunger Susperia Snow White Eternal Band Lineup: Jyrki 69 – Vocals [...]
Press Release: Overkill – Ironbound (2010) artwork, tracklisting, formats & release dates announced
Posted: October 30, 2009 in Metal News & CommentaryTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Overkill, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal
From Bravewords.com: OVERKILL have signed to Nuclear Blast Records for a multi-release deal (world excl. North America). The first offering will be available early 2010 titled Ironbound – a true ‘thrasher-piece’! “Good to be with a label that understands what Overkill are about and what metal is about in 2010, exciting!” – Bobby Blitz “Nuclear [...]
Press Release: Anthrax – Caught In A Mosh: BBC Live In Concert (2009) artwork, tracklisting & release dates announced
Posted: October 30, 2009 in Metal News & CommentaryTags: Anthrax, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal
From Bravewords.com: ANTHRAX were pioneers of the American Metal scene, regarded as one of the ‘Big Four’ responsible for the emergence of speed and thrash metal. Combining the speed and fury of hardcore punk with the prominent guitars and vocals of heavy metal, they helped create a new subgenre of heavy metal. In 1987, Anthrax [...]
Press Release: Scorpions – Amazonia: Live In The Jungle DVD (2009) artwork & release dates announced
Posted: October 30, 2009 in Metal News & CommentaryTags: Amazon, Amazonia, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Scorpions
From Bravewords.com: In August 2007, Germany’s most successful music export worldwide, THE SCORPIONS, already ventured deep into the Brazilian jungle for a sold out show – in front of 40,000 enthusiastic fans the band played a concert in Manaus, the metropolis on the Amazon river. A cooperation with Greenpeace was already existent at this point [...]
KISS – Sonic Boom (2009)
Posted: October 29, 2009 in Album ReviewsTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Gene Simmons, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Paul Stanley, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock
KISS – Sonic Boom (2009, KISS Records) Modern Day Delilah Russian Roulette Never Enough Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect) Stand Hot And Cold All For The Glory * Danger Us I’m An Animal When Lightning Strikes ** Say Yeah *(Eric Singer on lead vocals) **(Tommy Thayer on lead vocals) Band Lineup: Paul Stanley – Guitars [...]
Ebay Madness: The Stuff and Redstone
Posted: October 27, 2009 in Ebay MadnessTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Ebay, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Redstone, Rock, The Stuff
As you all know, I’m always on the lookout for CD rarities and collectibles on Ebay but sometimes the prices go through the roof. I watch more CDs and LPs on Ebay every week and I wonder where people get all their money. This week is no exception, I found two CDs that I have [...]
WANTED: King Kobra – III (1988)
Posted: October 26, 2009 in Video, Videos, WantedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, King Kobra, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Youtube
WANTED King Kobra – III (1988) One of the bands I got into back in the mid ’80s when I was growing up was King Kobra. I saw the video for ‘Hunger’ (from 1985′s READY TO STRIKE) but I wasn’t completely impressed but then the video for ‘Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)’ came out in 1986 and [...]
Start of vacation Mixtape
Posted: October 25, 2009 in Now PlayingTags: AC/DC, Anvil, AOR, Balance Of Power, Black 'N Blue, Black Sabbath, Bullet, Classic Rock, D.C. Cooper, Dio, FarCry, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, KISS, Lillian Axe, Loudness, Melodic Rock, Metal, Mogg-Way, Music, NWOBHM, Phil Vincent, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Saxon, Twisted Sister, Tygers Of Pan Tang, UFO, Whitesnake
So I got to listen to a few CDs today but I got lazy and didn’t really want to change discs in the stereo so I plugged in the iPod and hit Shuffle. Here’s the first 20 songs….. Twisted Sister – ‘Leader Of The Pack’ (1985) Black ‘N Blue – ‘Action’ (1984) Saxon – ‘Denim [...]
Vacation playlist
Posted: October 25, 2009 in Now PlayingTags: Ace Frehley, AOR, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heaven & Hell, Heavy Metal, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, W.A.S.P.
Today starts my last vacation week of 2009. I always take the same vacation weeks every year and it’s that time again…..Halloween week! My family has the graveyard in front of the house and the kids are getting their costumes together and I have zombies to build for the graveyard. So what do I do? Sleep [...]
