When Accept dropped the earth-shattering Blood of the Nations back in 2010, I knew that it would be hard for them to achieve the...

Judas Priest are, to me, the first definitive metal band. While Sabbath invented the genre, Priest gave it its aesthetic and pushed it out of...

In the 40 years since Gull Records launched Judas Priest into the world with the low-key Rocka Rolla, they have given the metal faithful...

This is the sound of a band that is refreshed and revitalized. There's nothing wrong with the last handful of Grave Digger albums; after...

In this age of vintage fashion, throwback culture, and 16 year-olds relentlessly hammering “like this comment if you know REAL MUSIC!” into Zeppelin songs...

U.D.O.'s latest studio offering, Steelhamer, was a really good record. Though it had weak points, it was overall one of Udo Dirkschnieder's finest post-Accept...

In the review I wrote for the recent re-issue of Manilla Road's Mystification, I talked a bit about how it's important for up and...

I shy away from using the term "clone". To me, it's always been a bit of a cop-out when talking about music. Almost every...

There's a lot of things about Manilla Road that exemplify why exactly the eighties were the golden age of heavy metal. You can hear...

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