by Didact | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Anyone who listens to heavy metal on anything approaching a regular basis has heard of Bruce Dickinson. He is, quite simply, THE best heavy metal vocalist out there today. There was a time when one could dispute that accolade. The case could be made that Ronnie James...
by Didact | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rather than blatantly ripping off borrowing from friend and reader Last Redoubt’s Girl Friday concept- go check out the impressive collection of what the old-timers used to call “bodacious babes” over at his place- I decided to go out and find...
by Didact | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
The madcap geniuses behind the fake cartoon band CHILDREN OF BATMAN- the pun is hysterically funny if you know your heavy metal- have FINALLY decided to tell us when they will (probably) release the next installment of this wickedly funny series of animated shorts set...
by Didact | Nov 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
In anticipation of the upcoming “Pumpkins United” tour in 2018, which will see Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen- the great-granddaddy of power metal himself- returning to HELLOWEEN after nearly thirty years apart, the Happy Happy Helloweenies have released a...
by Didact | Oct 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Well, you know: Dear God Almighty. I need to go HURT something after watching that. Actually, Davis Aurini’s comment about the two, er, “guys” who made that video is accurate: they’re not Betas, they’re Gammas. (Assuming that the...
by Didact | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ah, the 1980s. Remember how epic that decade was? Ronald Reagan was President, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris ruled the box office with epic action movies, IRON MAIDEN was at the then-height of their popularity (they’ve gotten way...
by Didact | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
With apologies to German purists, and seeing as how symphonic metal band XANDRIA just got rid of their third singer, I figured it might be time to indulge in a little more than the usual dose of extremely nerdy classically inspired symphonic metal. I’m not...
by Didact | Sep 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
I came across a new band today called BROTHERS OF METAL, who sound… well, pretty damn interesting. Imagine taking the death metal growling and Viking imagery found in the work of AMON AMARTH, the power and melody of TYR, the folk-metal groove of FINNTROLL or...
by Didact | Sep 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Well… if you really want to be pedantic, I suppose that getting hit by a wrecking ball or being pinned under heavy steel girders would put paid to that notion in an awfully big hurry. Of course, that’s not what I call “a little...
by Didact | Aug 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
… then you are not my friend! Or at least, that is how the excessively oiled up, excessively leather-clad cartoon characters that make up the American metal stalwarts MANOWAR would have you believe they think. As for me, personally, I really couldn’t care...
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