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I had a few long paragraphs typed out where I rambled on a bit about 2020, trying to make sense of all the crazy shit that has happened in my life this year.  But I just ended up deleting it because I’m so goddamned tired of 2020.  I’m…

It all begins and ends here, doesn’t it? Where would we without our metal gravity blankets after a year like this? While it certainly wasn’t the way I wanted to come about more free time, the last nine months have given me the gift of…

Another year has gone by too quickly is what I'd normally say, but 2020 is (for me personally) the worst year ever. Even if you take away the deaths in the family and bad luck, not since I was 15-years-old have I not seen at least one metal…

When we remember back on 2020, I think we can all agree there won’t be warm fuzzies all around. It has been a trying time for humanity with some heartbreaking occurrences. There have also been so many great things that have happened and…

It seems like we reach this point every year and we say, I can’t believe another year has gone by so quickly. That’s clearly rubbish in 2020. This year has gone by with the traumatizing pain and sluggishness of a root canal without…

Ozzy Osbourne is easily one of the most iconic figures in rock and roll as well as pop culture. After his stint in the legendary Black Sabbath during the 1970s, Osbourne went on to establish an impressive solo career that set many new…

The birth of heavy metal began 50 years ago with the debut release by Birmingham, England's vaunted heroes, Black Sabbath. Certain proto-metal bands began building the metal sound in the late 60s, but it was the release of Black Sabbath in…

Was there ever a better, potentially more important year for heavy metal than 1980? I don’t think so. While Black Sabbath and band’s like Judas Priest had already put metal on the map, 1980 was the year where it began to take over the…

Death is widely known as the forefathers of the extreme metal genre entitled Death Metal.

Earlier this year veteran Bay Area thrash masters Testament released their 12th studio album titled Titans of Creation. Surely this album will end up toward the top of many lists at the end of the year, but now that we’ve been able to…