(TheBRHM.com) I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with neoclassical Metal or shred. Shredding—the central part of many neoclassical works—involves the guitarist(s) performing an extended display of their skill. This is often played rapidly but there are pieces with slower, more digestible guitar solos of the same length. The thing is ...

(TheBRHM.com) On our piece that took a quick gander at the New Wave of Thrash Metal, we got some input from readers about a few bands they felt weren’t mentioned. The homie Justin had this to say in the comments: “There’s a shit load of other bands too Crisix, Lich ...

(TheBRHM.com) Let’s talk a little country music, shall we? It’s not a genre that I’ve taken the deepest dive into but there are some true gems there—as with any genre of music. What I dig the most about country is the storytelling. I love a good story and country music ...

(TheBRHM.com) Sister Rosetta Tharpe is often noted as a pioneer of rock n roll music and in many cases as the starting point. I’ve always enjoyed history and finding the origin of something—granted I enjoy what I’m diving into. It’s why I’m behind on a lot of stuff. I’ve never ...

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(TheBRHM.com) I’ve discussed it before as far as comics are concerned but Judas Priest has created enough characters on its albums to spin that out into sci-fi lore. I’m certain I’m not the first to mention this, hell it had to be obvious to the band during its most marketable ...

(TheBRHM.com) Guns N’ Roses is a band that gave me some trouble while doing this edition of ‘Best of the Decade’. It’s a band known for some classic bangers and albums but strife among the band members—as well as partaking in whatever devilment suited their fancy—meant that the discography output ...

(TheBRHM.com) While diving into metal in the late 2000s, I ran into a lot of new thrash—or retro thrash, thrash revival—as well as some speed metal revival bands. Some of these bands featured members from black metal bands or who had a background or influences in black metal and maybe ...

(TheBRHM.com) On October 21, 2024, the world of metal, music, and entertainment lost a vocal legend in 64-year-old Paul Di’Anno. Hailing from London, England, Di’Anno arrived on the scene as the lead singer for Iron Maiden between 1978 and 1981. Like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Iron ...

(TheBRHM.com) We’re going ‘Into the Mailbag’ again as we look at the comments for our piece on Kiss’ self-titled debut! Kiss is a band that I could take or leave. When the hits are played, you know the hits and their compilation albums tend to be extremely fun listens because ...

(TheBRHM.com) It’s spring 2006 and VH1 is heavy into its reality television bag. By this time, the network had gotten its mitts on The Surreal Life, the blueprint show for what would be an onslaught of reality shows where celebrities or those interested in dating the celebrity stay in a ...

(TheBRHM.com) Let’s go back a few years to the summer of 2006. I was 21 and had a little familiarity with heavy metal through my dad listening to hard rock and some metal. He’s more of an Elton John, Frank Zappa, AC/DC, and Blondie guy—a lot of stuff that you’d ...

(TheBRHM.com) There are some comments that I’d love to answer in a mailbag setting and I have a couple I’m working on that I feel should have a detailed answer. Plus, long answers in comments sections lead to this unholy wall of text. So, in our first “Into the Mailbag” ...