Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Cherry Red / Hear No Evil Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP This is really cool. Have you ever wanted to dig a little deeper into the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal but can’t afford the outrageous prices for rare, out-of-print vinyl that is now already 35-40…
Iron Maiden
Popoff, Martin-Empire Of The Clouds (Book Review)
Reviewed: August, 2020 Published: 2020, PowerChord Press Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Most Iron Maiden observers will recognize the bands career has had roughly four distinct phases. These are the Di’ Anno years, the classic ‘height of power’ era, the dark Blaze years and the reformation. We can argue about deeper sub-phases…
VELKHANOS Interview
Interview with Fernando Salmerón (guitars) of VELKHANOS Interview by Kat Knite Facebook – Instagram – Twitter Pre-order ‘The Wrath’: Art Gates Records – Itunes – Google Play VELKHANOS are a five-piece band from Spain that blend Melodic Death Metal and Black Metal, combining extreme brutality with the emotion of heavy metal. They…
Spracklen, Kark Metal Music And The Re-Imagining Of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation (Book Review)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Published: 2020, Emerald Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The good people at Emerald Publishing continue to support the advancement of metal studies with another book in their series ‘Emerald Studies In Metal Music And Culture’. Metal Music And The Re-Imagining Of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation is…
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…
Paul Di’Anno – Hell Over Waltrop (Live In Germany)
February 2020 Released: January 31st, 2020 / Metalville Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Paul Di’Anno is a man who needs no introduction. Over the years, he has had his share of ups and downs to say the least. And while Iron Maiden is listed as my top…
War Dogs – Die By My Sword
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2020, Fighter Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter Whatever walk of life you pass through, comparisons are always made between you and someone or something else. It may be an overt thing, or something far more subtle, but it is always there. You may even do…
IRON MAIDEN announce 2020 Australian dates for the Legacy of the Beast tour
While west coast Australians are waking up and east coast Australians are staring their day, IRON MAIDEN have released the Australian dates for the 2020 Legacy of the Beast tour. Band members and crew created a teaser last week with clues as to which country would benefit from the next…
Popoff, Martin-Where Eagles Dare Iron Maiden in the 80’s (Book Review)
Where Eagles Dare (Book review) Published: 2019, PowerChord Press Reviewed: October, 2019 Reviewer: JP Rating: 3.5/5 Is there such thing as ‘Metal Fatigue’? The True Metal warrior in me shouts….NEVER! However, even I must admit even I had a very slight (very slight) amount of trepidation in tackling reading and reviewing…
MARTIN POPOFF Releases IRON MAIDEN book: Where Eagles Dare: Iron Maiden in the ’80s
Calling all ‘Edbangers! My new book Where Eagles Dare: Iron Maiden in the ‘80s has just arrived—box upon box—and is ready for signing and shipping. It’s a hefty 288 pages, with my usual tipped-in sections of colour photography, every song examined deeply and all that. You’ve all been very…
The Three Tremors – The Three Tremors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Steel Cartel Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog “Three times louder than a sonic boom. Three fingers on the hand of doom!” This is the description used on the press release to describe the brand new collaboration from three of heavy metal’s more formidable vocalists: Tim “Ripper”…
Best of 2018 – Anders Sandvall
Best-list 2018 01. Hardcore Superstar “You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N Roll” Sleaze/metal heroes from Gothenburg, Sweden does it one more time with this new one piece and it feels like the band is back on track again. Sleaze/metal as well played as this is hard to find and the…
Popoff, Martin – Iron Maiden Album By Album (Book Review)
Iron Maiden-Album By Album Publisher: Voyageur Press Year: 2018 Reviewed: Dec 2018 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP The timing for this new Iron Maiden book is pretty good, seeing as the band just announced (as of time of writing) a new batch of North American dates for the Legacy Of The…
Iron Maiden-Legacy Of The Beast (Graphic Novel)
Band: Iron Maiden Title: Legacy Of The Beast (Graphic novel) Year: 2018 Publisher: Heavy Metal Inc. Reviewed: November 2018 Rating: 3/5 Reviewed by : JP Back in December of 2107 I reviewed the first Iron Maiden comic, Part I in the five part Legacy Of The Beast story. It…
IRON MAIDEN : Album By Album Book By Martin Popoff Released
This new book from prolific rock journalist Martin Popoff pays tribute to the Iron Maiden’s studio discography through a series of in-depth, frank, and entertaining conversations about all sixteen of the legendary heavy metal band’s studio albums. Inside, the author gathers together metal journalists, authors, and musicians, who offer insights,…