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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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