Metallica 11/27/04 Anaheim, CA

In some cases the crowds and revenues have rivaled those of the 1980s.   Ratt and Poison just wrapped up a long, large-venue summer tour where they played regularly before 8,000 to 10,000 fans.   “When I’m 60 and some cool grandpa dude, I’ll be rocking.” -RATT’s Stephen Pearcy Read More  

  German power metal band Helloween has released the first single from their new album “Straight Out Of Hell” (Release date Europe/Jan. 18, North America/Jan. 22, 2013).   Listen to “Nabataea” with the SoundCloud player below. The song talks about the fabled high culture whose secret city, Petra, was only discovered at the beginning of…

  Blabbermouth.net: Former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell revealed in April 2012 that he is planning to join forces with three other original DIO members to play “some gigs” that will see the musicians performing material from the early DIO records that Campbell appeared on. Dubbed LAST IN LINE, Campbell, Vinny Appice…

  Welcome to a Thursday. Metal music is good for the soul and the colon and there is plenty to keep you in tiptop shape here.   IRON MAIDEN is back! ‘The Book of Souls Tour’ opened last night in Sunrise, Florida and the first two songs were from the new album. There were also…

  Heaven and Hell rolled through Southern California in early August and METAL SHOP’s Ralph Cartel brought home some photos to share.   [print_gllr id=1877]

  Hello again 80’s Metal lovin’ friends. Today is a big-time landmark day because today in 1986, METALLICA released what many consider the greatest metal record of the 80’s and maybe of all-time, ‘Master of Puppets.’   Rolling Stone notes the album still sounds as powerful today as it does fearless. It was also written…