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No heavy metal band in the world is better at bringing history and war to life with their music than Sweden’s Sabaton. The band was founded in 1999 by bassist Pär Sundström and frontman Joakim Brodén who have been leading the power metal…

Sean Tibbetts and Casey Grillo form the rhythmic backbone of Kamelot, America’s premier symphonic metal band. Like most musicians, their passion for music extends beyond the scope of one particular sub-genre. A few years back, Tibbett’s…

Michael Schenker began making his mark on rock guitar as a teenager. The younger brother of Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker, Michael had an innate sense for creative and inspired fretwork. He established this on the band’s 1972 album, …

New Jersey’s Overkill enters year 37 of its storied career with a powerful new album, The Grinding Wheel. The record is one of the band’s most diverse in recent memory, and it reflects the band’s roots and influences while remaining…

Genuine, honest, and humble are not words that ordinarily come to mind when discussing music legends that helped change the face of a genre, yet they are all fit descriptors of Rudy Sarzo. The iconic and critically acclaimed bassist found…

Sweden’s Manimal came together in 2001 with guitarist Henrik Stenroos and vocalist Samuel Nyman at the helm. Demos would follow in 2002, 2005, and 2006, but it would not be until 2009 that the band would release its outstanding debut, The…

Seattle’s Queensrÿche have made the road their primary home for the better part of the last three years. The original trio of guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield, along with guitarist Parker…

After a near retirement scare and the departure of founding guitarist K.K. Downing, Judas Priest began the decade with a new guitarist and a massive final world tour. Young guitarist Richie Faulkner (Lauren Harris, Voodoo Six) immediately…

Among the iconic trinity of NWOBHM leaders Saxon may be the least well-known, but they remain the most prolific and consistent. Def Leppard slipped quickly into what they call "light alloy" and Iron Maiden has gone through three vocalists…

It's been more than three decades since the wheels of steel known as Saxon began to roll. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal pioneers have been among rock's most consistent and prolific merchants of classic hard rocking, headbanging…