Tag Archives: metal

“a staccato hit, three more accents, then the infamous descending chromatic riff”

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Karl

My brother, Dante, runs one of my favorite blogs focusing on Metal, and recently featured an interview he held with former Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane singer, Blaze Bayley. It intimate and revealing look into his struggles. Rock Nightmare: “interview with … Continue reading →

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“Master of Puppets” turns 25

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Karl

“Master of Puppets” was the among the first three Metallica cassettes I owned. I bought “…And Justice for All” and “Garage Days” at a music shop in Kensington during 1988 and worked my way back through their releases shortly thereafter. … Continue reading →

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Metallica’s Sanitarium guitar parts broken down

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Karl

Invisible Oranges analyzes the isolated guitar parts to Sanitarium – and you can listen to them to – in its post, “”Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”: Just the guitar”.

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An Opera singer critique’s 5 of Metal’s finest

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Karl

New York’s Claudia Friedlander provides feedback on Dio, Dickinson, Diamond, Ozzy, and Halford. Threads at Hacker News and Metafilter. Many, many missing greats here, but the post was on 5 and they are some of the signature singers in Metal. … Continue reading →

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A metal band that bridges cultures

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Karl

Al Jazeera: “The Maiden frontier”: As many metal fans from the region have pointed out to me, Maiden’s songs remind them that they should not trust the hype and slogans promising a better tomorrow, that progress demands putting aside easy … Continue reading →

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Ronnie James Dio – Rest In Peace

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Karl

Ronnie James Dio, one of the greatest songwriters and singers in heavy metal, passed away this weekend. I put together a Ronnie James Dio Playlist on YouTube to try and share some great moments, but no one song, or article, … Continue reading →

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Happy 40th Metal

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Karl

NPR: Lordy, Lordy, Metal Is 40: Happy Birthday, ‘Black Sabbath’ Here is a bonus link, Viktoriya Yermolyeva covering Pantera’s cover of Planet Caravan, on piano: YouTube: Black Sabbath/Pantera – Planet Caravan – piano cover [HD] (vers.2):

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NPR.org has my musical number

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Karl

NPR: October 20, 2009: Living Colour: Getting ‘Behind The Sun’ NPR: October 10, 2009: Rodrigo y Gabriela: Fusing Flamenco And Metal (previously) NPR: August 26, 2009: Heavy Metal Kegger

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Economic situation leads one to source of relief: Metal

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Karl

NYTimes: Josh Max: “Dance With the Devil”: …I was carried off into a boiling sonic river of brutal, obscene, blasphemous noise that blasted me like a cannon out of my depressed cave and directly into the fury I was experiencing … Continue reading →

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A Heavy Metal band arises in and rocks … Iraq

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Karl

npr.org: Acrassicauda: Heavy Metal Hardship In Baghdad

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