Showing posts with label Metal Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metal Friday. Show all posts
Friday, August 15, 2025

"Mystification," Manilla Road

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Dialing up a bit of Manilla Road this Metal Friday, one of the most swordly-and-sorcerous metal bands ever.  I love the atmosphere of "...
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Friday, July 11, 2025

Goodbye to Romance: Reflections on Black Sabbath, Back to the Beginning, and the end of the road

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This past weekend I was away celebrating the long July 4 holiday. My extended family is fortunate enough to own a seasonal camp on one of th...
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Friday, July 4, 2025

War Pigs, Judas Priest

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Easy call this Metal Friday. A fantastic Judas Priest tribute to the great Black Sabbath, who are playing their final show this weekend. Gle...
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Friday, June 20, 2025

"Powerslave," Iron Maiden

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Iron Maiden is so damned good and has so many damned good songs that I can't listen to them neutrally. I've lost track of the number...
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Friday, May 30, 2025

Gods of War, Def Leppard

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Electric guitars playing in the right tone can produce in me a feeling that has no words. Its like I've entered into a new dimension adj...
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Friday, May 16, 2025

Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, Rainbow (RIP Ronnie James Dio)

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Fifteen years ago today we lost the great Ronnie James Dio . As time passes my appreciation of his music only grows.  Here’s a deep cut from...
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Friday, April 18, 2025

Cauldron Born: Born of the Cauldron

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Cauldron Born is sword-and-sorcery brought to heavy metal life. Band members Howie Bentley and Matthew Knight are not just talented musician...
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Friday, March 21, 2025

The Rage, Judas Priest

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It's a testament to the greatness of British Steel that a song as good as "The Rage" is buried deep on side 2. Wait, do peopl...
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Friday, March 7, 2025

Sign of the Southern Cross, Black Sabbath

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Don't live for pleasure Make life your treasure Fade away
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Friday, February 7, 2025

Cold Sweat, Thin Lizzy

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I love discovering old songs. Few things are more rewarding than stumbling across or being served up in the algorithm an awesome tune, looki...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

Where Eagles Dare, Iron Maiden (for Nicko)

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Job well done. This Metal Friday, a toast to the great Nicko McBrain, who last week called it a day after a career that spanned more than 40...
Friday, December 6, 2024

Season of the Witch, Grave Digger

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Grave Digger... a legendary band with whom I was only lightly acquainted until I saw them open for Blind Guardian circa 2017. I very much en...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Start the Fire, Metal Church

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Metal Friday returns with simple, hard-driving metal. Metal Church and "Start the Fire," off The Dark (1986). Nothing subtle abou...
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Friday, September 6, 2024

Resurrection, Rob Halford

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Let's set the scene for this Metal Friday. In the late 90s heavy metal was in shambles. A Mad Max wasteland, fans squabbling over the li...
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Thursday, August 15, 2024

The Battle of Evermore and the timeless nature of fantasy

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(early metal-ish Friday) That it is told in the language of fantasy is not an accident, or because Tolkien was an escapist, or because he wa...
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Friday, July 26, 2024

Orion, Metallica

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My metal summer continues, and so Metal Friday continues, with Metallica.  "Orion" oozes nostalgia and loss, which I'm possibl...
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Friday, June 28, 2024

Force of a Storm, Sumerlands

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My last Metal Friday post on the passing of Eternal Champion bass player Brad Raub resulted in some recommendations and a brief but pleasant...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Worms of the Earth, Eternal Champion

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I found out last night that Eternal Champion bass player Brad Raub passed away, just 36 years old . So on this Metal Friday I honor his memo...
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Friday, May 17, 2024

As heavy as I’ll go

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Slayer and Sepultura… really no heavier than that. There’s no need, from my perspective. I can’t do cookie monster vocals. That means that D...
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Friday, May 10, 2024

Curse My Name, Blind Guardian

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They plead for their king  And they pity their lord  Put him to death, that's what I say It's been a while since I did one of these....