Tale of the Tape Ipod 120 9983 songs (858 albums) Gwar – ‘Parting Shot’ – Lust In Space (2009) Thunder – ‘An Englishman On Holiday’ – Backstreet Symphony (1990) AC/DC – ‘Walk All Over You’ – Highway To Hell (1979) Night Ranger – ‘Penny’ – Dawn Patrol (1982) Saxon – ‘Rockin’ Again’ – Innocence Is No [...]
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Metal Mixtape – 5/6/12
Posted: May 6, 2012 in Now PlayingTags: AC/DC, Accept, Airbourne, Anvil, AOR, Autograph, Black Country Communion, Black Metal, Blue Tears, Buckcherry, Chickenfoot, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Def Leppard, Extreme, Glam, GWAR, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Megadeth, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, Night Ranger, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Primal Fear, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Riot, Rock, Saxon, Speed Metal, Symfonia, Tesla, The Doors, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Thunder, UFO, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Yngwie Malmsteen
Current Playlist
Posted: May 6, 2012 in Now PlayingTags: Accept, AOR, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Classic Rock Magazine, De La Cruz, Death Metal, Focus On Metal, Ghost, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Huntress, Iron City Rocks, Iron Maiden, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metal Hammer, Music, NWOBHM, Podcast, Podcasts, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Radioactive Metal, Rock, Saxon, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, UFO, Van Halen
I’m back on the attack! Maybe I’ll post a little more now that music has just re-energized me completely! I’ve been listening to a ton of albums the last couple of weeks, old and new, and it just feels great. I’m not going to list every album I’ve played, just a few notable highlights and [...]
Metal Mixtape – 3/13/11
Posted: March 13, 2011 in Now PlayingTags: AC/DC, Accept, AOR, Black Metal, Cinderella, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Death Metal, Def Leppard, Diamond Head, Dio, Firewind, Glam, Great White, Guns 'n Roses, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helix, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Music, NWOBHM, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Primal Fear, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Quiet Riot, Ralf Scheepers, Rock, Ronnie James Dio, Scheepers, Scorpions, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Van Halen, Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen
Tale of the Tape Ipod 120 8370 songs (725 albums) I usually work a double shift Saturday night into Sunday morning so good Metal music is a must on the overnight. I usually listen to a lot of new albums but I have to start the overnight (the 2nd part of my long shift) with [...]
2010 Heavy Metal Halloween Top 10
Posted: October 31, 2010 in Now PlayingTags: Alice Cooper, AOR, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dio, Glam, Halloween, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, King Diamond, Melodic Rock, Metal, Moonspell, Music, NWOBHM, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Ronnie James Dio, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Type O Negative
My favorite time of year is here again…..Halloween! It’s a tradition here at Heavy Metal Addiction to have a Halloween Top 10 and this year is no exception. This all started with the 2007 Heavy Metal Halloween Top 10, then I skipped 2008 but the overwhelming emails came to do a new one so last year [...]
Current Playlist
Posted: March 2, 2010 in Now PlayingTags: AOR, Black Metal, Brainstorm, Bruce Kulick, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Gamma Ray, Glam, Hammerfall, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Keel, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal
A lot of you may be wondering where the heck I’ve been for the last month or so…..well, I’m still here! Sorry for the lack of posts but I got a few new “toys” with my tax refund (new furniture, a 52″ LCD HD TV, and a Playstation 3) and I’ve been spending most of [...]
Current Playlist – Sunday A.M. work edition
Posted: January 24, 2010 in Now PlayingTags: AOR, Black Metal, Brainstorm, Circus 51, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Epica, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helix, Melodic Rock, Metal, Motley Crue, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, UZI
Today is NFL Championship Sunday and I had to rearrange my work schedule so I can sit on my couch and watch the AFC and NFC Championship games like most football fans. Instead of working my Sunday gig in the afternoon, I did the early morning (12am-8am)…..that gives me plenty of time to put the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Current Playlist
Posted: October 18, 2009 in Now Playing, Video, VideosTags: Ace Frehley, Anvil, AOR, Bon Jovi, Classic Rock, David Lee Roth, Firehouse, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Thunder, Youtube
Day off Saturday…..here’s what was burning up the stereo and the iPod today….. KISS – Sonic Boom (2009): I can’t get enough of the new KISS record! I wanted to live with it a couple of weeks before I reviewed it because I didn’t want the fanboy in me to overpower the truth. After repeated [...]
Current Playlist
Posted: October 11, 2009 in Now PlayingTags: Ace Frehley, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heaven & Hell, Heavy Metal, Immortal, Johnny Lima, KISS, Lita Ford, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Queensryche, Rock, Saxon, Spinal Tap, Ted Poley
I may have let the blog go downhill a little but I have definitely been listening to a lot of music…..a lot of new releases that I’ve picked up recently. This has been another great year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal! Here’s a sample of what I’ve been spinning….. KISS – Sonic Boom (2009): [...]
































