(TheBRHM.com) Iron Maiden is one of the truly legendary acts of heavy metal. You could put them as an introductory act since they’re as synonymous with the genre as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Motorhead. We’re doing another “Best of the Decade” and ranking Iron Maiden’s best albums of their ...
(TheBRHM.com) Like most popular or known genres of music, there have been documentaries on musicians, scenes, feuds, and the overall history of a genre. Let’s look at four must watch heavy metal and documentaries. Get Thrashed (2006) Directed by Rick Ernst, Get Thrashed is about the birth, rise, and current ...
(TheBRHM.com) When discussing speed metal and power metal, there are a lot of bands that I’d mention are a favorite—especially if they were active during the 1980s. German power metal and speed metal pioneers Running Wild are legit top five in my speed metal books. Running Wild—taking its name from ...
(TheBRHM.com) Katherine “The Great Kat” Thomas is an odd character in metal. Born in Swindon, England in 1966 and graduated from Julliard specializing in multiple instruments—particularly strings. She began her career in heavy metal in 1986 and released her debut album Worship Me or Die in 1987. Let’s see if ...
(TheBRHM.com) Over on ThyBlackMan, we went into the Katon W. De Pena-led Hirax and the band’s debut Raging Violence, released in 1985. Formed in 1984 ended in 1989 but returned in 2000 with Katon as the lead singer and the album The New Age of Terror four years later. The ...
(TheBRHM.com) Over on ThyBlackMan, I went into growing up a Black metalhead and finding my love for the genre during college. While my father didn’t push rock on to me, he was the main reason I really dove into rock music. The family home had a bar with an 8-track ...