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Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Ozzy Osbourne, and Slipknot are The Greatest Metal Bands of All-Time, According to Forbes

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Of all the websites in the world, financial magazine and website Forbes has released a list of the top 38 metal bands of all-time. The list actually has no real surprises. All the top most popular bands of all-time are present, topped by Metallica, with virtually no other surprises in terms of major underground bands. In picking their list Forbes wrote that it’s “impossible to include all metal sub-genres in this type of list, the sub-genres that are most prominent and influential across metal today were considered with priority.” They added that all 38 bands were chosen due to having “the most significant impact in the metal genre, and a number of these bands are among the genre’s most famous and revered bands.”

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Crown – Crown of Thorns

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It was only ever a matter of time until Swedish death metal legends The Crown titled an album after their previous name. Known as Crown of Thorns from their inception in 1990 until their brief demise in 2004, the band reformed five years later and has continued to produce some of the country’s finest and crunchiest Death Metal riffs.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Blue Heron – Everything Fades

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You might not live on the desert plains, but with Everything Fades (Blues Funeral Recordings), Hard Rock three-piece Blue Heron can show you the way there. Continue reading →


Ozzy Osbourne Says He is “Blessed” and Credits His “Amazing Fans” on His Upcoming Second Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame  

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Following Ozzy Osbourne’s two (2) Grammy Awards in 2023 for “Best Rock Album” (his first-ever win in the category) and “Best Metal Performance” from his hugely successful and critically acclaimed Patient Number 9 album (Epic Records) and a recent #1-charting Active Rock Song “Crack Cocaine”—a collaboration with Billy Morrison and Steve Stevens —he is now setting his sights on the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Osbourne has earned a solo induction for his nearly six decade career in music Black Sabbath was inducted in 2006. This honor makes Ozzy Osbourne one of a handful of artists with multiple inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Qaalm Share a Cover of Black Sabbath’s “Heaven And Hell”

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Los Angeles-based atmospheric doomsayers, Qaalm, have shared their rendition of “Heaven and Hell,” by heavy metal legends, Black Sabbath. The cover appears as a bonus track on the physical editions of the band’s First Light Of The Last Dawn EP, released in June on Hypaethral Records. Keep reading below to check it out.
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Tony Iommi Shares a Double A-Side single “Gone” and “Saviour Of The Real” – Will Release Solo Recordings with Glenn Hughes on Vinyl For The First Time

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The relationship between iconic Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and English musician Glenn Hughes stretches far back into the mid-eighties. Best known for playing bass and performing vocals in the hard rock band Trapeze and in the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple, Hughes sang on the 1986 Black Sabbath album Seventh Star. It was the twelth album from the fabled heavy metal originators and was initially intended to be the first solo release from Iommi, but record company and management pressures led to the album being billed as ‘Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi’. Despite these demands, the album was a commerical success and reached the Top 30 of the English charts. Glenn’s powerful, soulful voice complimented Iommi’s unique guitar style perfectly and even though the eighties was a turbulant time for Black Sabbath, it was clear that Iommi and Hughes would work together again in the future.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Trail of Lies – Only The Strong

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Syracuse, New York will be familiar to fans of Straight-Edge Hardcore thanks to Earth Crisis and Trail of Lies can thus be seen as a continuation of this lineage.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Excel – Seeking Refuge

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Ask any metalhead of a certain age and they’ll tell you the nineties have a lot to answer for. A sudden and seismic change in trends saw the death of Thrash, Glam, and other associated sub-genres, and the unprecedented rise of the Grunge and Alternative scenes. What was popular one minute was outdated the next, and while many bands simply weren’t able to survive, others tried embracing the change.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Orange Goblin – Science, Not Fiction

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Following the path blazed by bands like Kyuss and Monster Magnet who emerged from the Grunge scene, Orange Goblin was one of the main bands who kept the bong songs in rotation to help cement the sound we think of today as Stoner Metal.Continue reading →


PODCAST: Glacially Musical 188 – Black Sabbath “Anno Domini” Unboxing and Review with Jamey of Fistful of Doom

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For very special bonus bonus chaser, we are unboxing and reviewing the much discussed new Black Sabbath  boxed set “Anno Domini” featuring the dulcet tones of Tony Martin! We are joined by our special guest Jamey Morris of Fistful of Doom Podcast and The Ripple Effect blog!Continue reading →