REBORN IN BLASPHEMY A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Re-Recorded Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Albums. (Version 1.1) by JP PREFACE As we hit the 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal this year (2020), as Managing Editor of Metal-Rules.com, one of my goals is to try to add more editorial…
From Hell’s Heart
New Bands…New Blood: 2010-2020
This article is meant to share new bands and new blood to the metal scene that do not get as much attention. These are bands who have only come into existence in the past 10 years. So no bands that released their debut album before 2010 are included (a few…
A TRIBUTE TO THE PAST-A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Tribute Albums
A TRIBUTE TO THE PAST A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Tribute Albums (Version 1.1) by JP PREFACE As we hit the 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal this year (2020), as Managing Editor of Metal-Rules.com, one of my goals is to try to add…
THE 100% OFFICIAL METAL-RULES.COM STAFF PANDEMIC PICKS
THE 100% OFFICIAL METAL-RULES.COM STAFF PANDEMIC PICKS Like most of you, all of us here have been impacted by the global pandemic to one degree or another. If an effort to keep our content fun and relevant we have each selected our personal song that each of us feel best…
GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES-A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of American Super Groups
GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of American Super Groups (Version 1.4) by JP PREFACE As we hit the 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal this year (2020), as Managing Editor of Metal-Rules.com, one of my goals is to try to add more editorial content and technical…
READ ALL ABOUT IT-A Very Brief And Incomplete History of Canadian Heavy Metal Magazines
READ ALL ABOUT IT A Very Brief And Incomplete History of Canadian Heavy Metal Magazines (Version 1.3) by JP PREFACE As we hit the 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal this year (2020), as Managing Editor of Metal-Rules.com, one of my goals is to try to add more editorial content and…
Remembering The Forgotten-2019
Remembering The Forgotten-2019 I wrote these introductory comments for this same column four years ago. It still holds true today. The more things change, the more they stay the same. However (!) in a slight improvement, this year seemed to be less of a stampede to be first to publish ‘End…
Remembering The Forgotten-2018
Remembering The Forgotten-2018 by JP I wrote these introductory comments for this same column two years ago. It still holds true today. The more things change, the more they stay the same. However (!) in a slight improvement, this year seemed to be less of a stampede to be first to…
Idol Of Death: A Guide To Japan’s Underground Idols For Metalheads
By Ron Anicich What is Japanese idol culture? For decades the Japanese popular music scene has been dominated by idol groups who have over-saturated the market with their bland, computer-driven pop music. Female fronted groups like AKB48 and Morning Musume, who no person with functioning ears should ever listen to,…
Remembering The Forgotten-2017
Remembering The Forgotten in 2017 by JP I wrote these comments for this same column one year ago. It still holds true today. I’ve often commented that music industry folks rush to get their ‘year-end lists’ generated and on-line much to the detriment of the bands. In their zeal, many…
Rule the Yule: Keeping the METAL in Xmas!
The cold embrace of winter has arrived and with it the Christmastide season. Several heavy bands have successfully metalized traditional Christmas songs, but for every good tune there are several duds and a saturation of Christmas guitar instrumentals. Winter however, is a season perfectly suited to sonic blasts of heavy…
Metal Halloween 2017
Halloween is a time of season that is custom made for metal music. Sure, there are some great metal tunes focused around the Yuletide, but most of those are covers of songs that were written to be happy and bouncy. No amount of grunts, growls, and distorted guitars can completely…
Remembering The Forgotten in 2016.
Remembering The Forgotten in 2016. by JP I’ve often commented that music industry folks rush to get their ‘year-end lists’ generated and on-line much to the detriment of the bands. In their zeal, many albums, especially from the first half of the year get missed because the albums are not…
From Hell’s Heart-Top 5 album covers
From Hell’s Heart-Top 5 album covers Art and Metal have been inextricably linked. From the early (and maybe current again?) days when Metal fans would make vinyl purchase decisions on artwork alone, to the modern multi-media presentations on youtube promoting albums, artwork has been critical to the success of many bands. There have…
2015-Canadian Metal-A Year In Review
2015-Canadian Metal-A Year In Review by JP 2015 was a superb year for Canadian Metal in terms of music, tours and the industry. Not surprisingly, Quebec lead the charge with that single province producing a large percentage of all the Metal albums released in Canada. In exciting industry news, the…