I think I say the same things every year when I write the introduction to my Best of the Year list…..this year was one of the greatest years for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal! More and more new albums come out from a wide variety of bands and 2011 was no exception, this was the [...]
Archive for December, 2011
The Top 25 Albums of 2011
Posted: December 29, 2011 in Year End AwardsTags: Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Anvil, AOR, Arch Enemy, Best of 2011, Black Country Communion, Black Metal, Chickenfoot, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dream Theater, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iced Earth, Journey, Melodic Rock, Metal, Michael Monroe, Michael Schenker, Michael Schenker Group, Motorhead, Mr. Big, MSG, Music, Nelson, Night Ranger, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ralf Scheepers, Riot, Rock, Royal Hunt, Saxon, Scheepers, Sebastian Bach, Speed Metal, Stratovarius, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Tokyo Blade, U.D.O., Udo Dirkschneider, Warrant, Whitesnake
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The 2 Worst Albums of 2011
Posted: December 28, 2011 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Queensryche, Rock, Thrash, Worst of 2011
Here we go again! 2011 was another great 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 were released. Of course there were some bad albums too. I bought more new releases, and had more new albums submitted [...]
The Top 5 DVDs of 2011
Posted: December 27, 2011 in Year End AwardsTags: AC/DC, AOR, Best of 2011, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Deep Purple, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iced Earth, Lemmy, Lemmy Kilmister, Melodic Rock, Metal, Motorhead, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Twisted Sister
2011 was a pretty good year for music DVDs and I made sure I picked up my fair share. Actually, this turned out to be one of my better years for DVDs, I bought straight up DVD release but I also picked up a few special CD/DVD releases that turned up in The Best Miscellaneous Releases of 2011. [...]
The Best Miscellaneaous Releases of 2011
Posted: December 26, 2011 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Best of 2011, Bitch, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Def Leppard, Doro, Doro Pesch, Eric Carr, Glam, Grave Digger, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Twisted Sister, UFO, Whitesnake
Not every album released is a new studio album…..but it sure seems like they are! Every year there are a ton of live albums, greatest hits packages, reissues, remasters, box sets, special edition and limited edition releases that flood the marketplace. Sometimes there are multiple versions of these releases depending on which part of the [...]
Albums I Missed in 2010
Posted: December 25, 2011 in Year End AwardsTags: Airbourne, AOR, Avantasia, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dream Evil, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helloween, Holy Grail, Issa, Lillian Axe, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Y&T, Yngwie Malmsteen
It never fails…..every year goes by and there are always a ton of albums I end up missing. There are so many new 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 [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt (December update) — The Final Hunt of 2011
Posted: December 24, 2011 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: Alice Cooper, Angel, AOR, Autograph, Bang Camaro, Black Metal, Bon Jovi, Classic Rock, D.A.D., Death Metal, Deep Purple, Dio, Disneyland After Dark, Elf, Giant, Glam, Glenn Hughes, Halford, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Lou Reed, Lullacry, Mass, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Motorhead, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Queen, Rainbow, Riot, Ritchie Blackmore, Rob Halford, Rock, Rock Goddess, Ronnie James Dio, Royal Hunt, Scorpions, Speed Metal, Spinal Tap, System Of A Down, Tattoo Rodeo, Ted Nugent, The Darkness, The Doors, The Elves, Thrash, Thrash Metal, White Wizzard
2011 is almost over and it’s been a good year for buying music. There have been so many new albums, so many reissues and so many discovered treasures that it’s been hard to keep up! Actually, I didn’t keep up…..I have literally hundreds of albums on my desk and in boxes next to it that I [...]
Heavy Metal Addiction 2011 Awards Week
Posted: December 24, 2011 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Best of 2011, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Worst of 2011
2011 is almost over so that means it’s time for my year end awards! It’s been another awesome year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal with so many releases on CD, DVD, Vinyl and Digital formats, not just new studio albums but also live records, reissues and special edition releases. I have had more albums submitted for [...]
