Road Report: Wacken Open Air 2010

September 10th, 2010 by admin

Editor’s note: It’s not too often that the words “Honeymoon” and “Wacken Open Air” get used in the same sentence. Luckily for us… Ed bagged a good one. Read on friends…
 
This year’s decision to attend the Wacken Open Air festival came about under some excellent circumstances. My wife and I set our wedding [...]

Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier

September 3rd, 2010 by admin

Mark’s Review:
 
Maiden’s latest studio effort profiles a disturbing trend which began when Bruce and Adrian Smith rejoined the band in 1999: Long, aimless songs that attempt to be epic, but come off as unnecessarily long-winded.  I attribute this to the band’s endless search for a new, modern Hallowed Be Thy Name (or an epic stadium anthem [...]

2009 Wrap-Up

December 30th, 2009 by admin

As we get ready to say “fuck off” to 2009, I figured I’d take a moment to gloss over what surely will go down in the books as an illustrious year for metal.
 
Despite mainstream television distancing themselves ever further from what’s cool, and a handful of other disappointing “metal” ventures, 2009 surely showed us a [...]