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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
The Top 30 Albums of 2010 (#1-#10)
Posted: December 31, 2010 in Video, Videos, Year End AwardsTags: Accept, AOR, Best of 2010, Black Country Communion, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Death Metal, Glam, Glenn Hughes, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Keel, Krokus, Mass, Masterplan, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ratt, Rock, Scorpions, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Youtube
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! Every year it seems like more and more new albums come out from a wide variety of bands and 2010 was [...]
The Top 30 Albums of 2010 (#11-#20)
Posted: December 30, 2010 in Year End AwardsTags: Amanda Somerville, AOR, Best of 2010, Black Label Society, Black Metal, Brainstorm, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Glam, Griffen, Halford, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Kamelot, Kiske/Somerville, Melodic Rock, Metal, Michael Kiske, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rob Halford, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Treat, Triptykon, White Wizzard, Wig Wam, Zakk Wylde
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! Every year it seems like more and more new albums come out from a wide variety of bands and 2010 was [...]
The Top 30 Albums of 2010 (#21-#30)
Posted: December 29, 2010 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Best of 2010, Black Metal, Bruce Kulick, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dimmu Borgir, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavenly, Heavy Metal, Human Cometh, Melodic Rock, Metal, Mob Rules, Music, NWOBHM, Overkill, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Raven, Rock, Sister Sin, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Van Canto
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! Every year it seems like more and more new albums come out from a wide variety of bands and 2010 was [...]
The 5 Worst Albums of 2010
Posted: December 28, 2010 in Year End AwardsTags: Alternative, Alternative Metal, AOR, Black Metal, Bret Michaels, Classic Rock, Dark Age, Death Metal, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Methods Of Mayhem, Music, Nu-Metal, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Slash, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Worst of 2010
2010 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 for review, in 2010 [...]
The Top 5 DVDs of 2010
Posted: December 27, 2010 in Year End AwardsTags: Anthrax, AOR, Best of 2010, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dio, DVD, Glam, Halford, Hard Rock, Heaven & Hell, Heavy Metal, Jeff Scott Soto, Megadeth, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Michael Schenker, Michael Schenker Group, MSG, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rob Halford, Rock, Ronnie James Dio, Slayer, Speed Metal, The Big 4, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Tony Iommi
2010 wasn’t a bad year for music DVDs but I think it was very similar to 2009. In 2009, there weren’t that many notable DVDs released from the big name bands and a lot of bands used DVDs as special bonuses in first pressing of new releases. I also missed a few DVD releases in 2009 [...]
The Best Miscellaneous Releases of 2010
Posted: December 26, 2010 in Year End AwardsTags: AOR, Best of 2010, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dio, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Jorn, Jorn Lande, Judas Priest, Keel, MainEEaxe, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Ronnie James Dio, Savage Grace, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Triumph
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 [...]
