(TheBRHM.com) New York-based act Riot V is a band that I discovered after delving into the act’s days as Riot and discovering Thundersteel. Released in 1988, Thundersteel would’ve made for a tremendous topic for our “Greatest Debut Albums” segment because of how strong of an album it is from start ...
(TheBRHM.com) Metallica is one of the legends of heavy metal as the band that really took the genre mainstream. Coming out of the 1980s Bay Area thrash scene, Metallica has seen a few changes in members and sound but always maintained the core songwriting duo of singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield ...
(TheBRHM.com) Speed metal is a subgenre of metal that I’d place between old school, more traditional heavy metal and just before power metal and thrash. It always existed alongside heavy metal as it wasn’t unusual for bands to kick up the speed a bit. A band I really enjoy—Riot—started out ...
(TheBRHM.com) This time we’re looking at extremely strong debuts! We’ll start with a band we’ve discussed a bit before in Blind Guardian with their 1988 debut Battalions of Fear. What Type of Vibe Is Blind Guardian? To be honest, there are different vibes with Blind Guardian’s music. It can depend ...
(TheBRHM.com) In the 1980s, heavy metal really made use of emerging music videos to add visuals to their tunes. I also like that music videos remove some of the mystery and vagueness of some songs by showing the story or referencing imagery from the song. Sure, many artists leave their ...
(TheBRHM.com) Formed in 1968, Black Sabbath is a band that holds the distinction of being the first heavy metal band. It will be argued that other bands did a heavier rock sound before Sabbath—and that’s true—but none of those bands really hit the sound that would be foundation of heavy ...
(TheBRHM.com) We’re checking out the debut album of a band from the new wave of speed metal in Enforcer and their 2008 release Into the Night. How great of a debut album was this one? Let’s check it out. This is a band we haven’t touched on but we’ll get ...
(TheBRHM.com) We’re back for the “Best of the Decade” with the band that made me a metalhead: Judas Priest! We’ve done the 70s, we tackled the plentiful 80s, we dabbled in the 90s, and now we dive into the 2000s. Judas Priest Rolls into the 2000s The 2000s was kind ...
(TheBRHM.com) I love lists and going through albums but let’s go with something different: a head-to-head battle between two bands from Germany’s Big 4 of Thrash: Sodom vs. Kreator. Now, the original pick was Iron Maiden vs. Judas Priest but I figured “Our readers are probably all Priested out by ...
(TheBRHM.com) Let’s go a little more modern with a great debut album from the past three years. This time it’s Burn the Night, the 2019 debut from Riot City. What Kind of Vibe is Riot City? At first, I was thinking “Wow, Riot City gives me Riot vibes.” Riot is ...