(TheBRHM.com) In metal, the live album still has a place of reverence. They’re like the blend between a full-length release and a compilation only with an audience. It’s something I would’ve loved to have seen adopted in hip-hop or R&B. We seen live performances regularly but only recently have we ...
(TheBRHM.com) Let’s get into another classic debut album and see what stands out the most with Holy Diver by Dio. Now, Dio was the solo act of Ronnie James Dio, a powerful lead singer who was known for heading up Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and Black Sabbath. I’d say it was ...
(TheBRHM.com) During the early-mid 1980s, there was a shake-up in the Los Angeles metal scene which saw several thrash bands and future thrash artists leave the area for San Francisco, forming the Bay Area Thrash scene. It kind of gave Los Angeles the reputation for being the home of glam ...
(TheBRHM.com) We haven’t had a Head 2 Head on here in a while! Let’s look at the three debuts of three metal legends from the same period in Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest. All of these debuts come in the 1970s with Sabbath’s being the earliest and best known ...
(TheBRHM.com) What are some of your favorite lyrical themes in metal? I use Encyclopedia Metallum a lot for my reviews as it’s cleaner than Wikipedia when it comes to getting the information I need such as album release dates and track listings. Of course, if I want the history of ...
(TheBRHM.com) I often find myself asking “What happened?” while listening thrash metal releases from the late 1980s to early 1990s. If you’re a long-time metalhead then you know that time period in relation to thrash, it was a pretty good period but the good times wouldn’t last. You could say ...
(TheBRHM.com) Do you have a favorite band or musical group that broke up, went on hiatus, are between albums, or released an essential member of their sound? I believe we all do. Three acts I love—Judas Priest, Slayer and Immortal—had at least one of these occur and the artist released ...
(TheBRHM.com) I’d opted to explore other debut albums from bands of varying importance and genres before finally getting to Metallica’s 1983 debut Kill ‘Em All. When I first listened to this album in 2006 and read about its importance to thrash metal and U.S metal at the time, I couldn’t ...
(TheBRHM.com) While listening to Invincible Shield, I realized that I hadn’t done a review or album dive into Redeemer of Souls or Firepower for The Black Rock and Heavy Metal. Now, I find it very easy—and even relaxing—to look at older albums from decades ago and decide what albums were ...
(TheBRHM.com) Running into fellow Black metalheads is always a surprise and a pleasure. It’s not so much that there are so few of us—we are legion—but actually coming across another Black person who enjoys the Sound of the Beast in person or even online can be a chance encounter. My ...