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Eight Must-Read Heavy Metal Books

Metalheads are some of the most devoted music fans on the planet. No--I mean we really love our music. Oh, you memorized Lady Gaga's music video dance moves? Check out my Kreator Coma of Souls back piece, and meet my friend's daughter, Sabbath. Later we're going to karaoke to cover Pantera and Motor ... More >>

Five '70s Metal Bands Better Than Black Sabbath

By Nicholas Prell Okay, we get it. You like Sabbath. Everyone does. But out there is a whole big world of '70s metal bands beyond Sabbath -- even beyond Sir Lord Baltimore, if you can believe that. The '70s offered so much in the way of doom-and-gloom heaviness that it's criminal so many stop with ... More >>

Excavating Heavy Metal's Blues and Jazz Roots

"The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it." --B.B. King "Metal confronts what we'd rather ignore. It celebrates what we often deny. It indulg ... More >>

Castle, Yucca Tap Room, 1/9/13

Castle @ Yucca Tap Room|1/9/13Every journalistic piece has an angle. The last time Castle played here, touring with Portland doom-metallers Witch Mountain, I was so overwhelmed by the riff-saturated environment that the angle for the piece I wrote on that show shifted to the eating habits of the var ... More >>

The 17 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2013

I'm almost a little bummed that the world didn't end on December 21. No War of the Worlds or 2012 scenes became a reality, although I was so sure that the only reason gas prices were down was because all the rich people were holed up in their submarines, burrowed into the Alps like a goddamn modern- ... More >>

Metal Mondays: The 10 Hottest Chicks in Metal

See also: Those Dungeons and Dragons Nerds Are More Sane Than You While heavy metal is a lifestyle to some people, to many it's just a fashion statement. Take Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen of the Pretty Reckless, for example. She dresses like a hooker, flips people off, and publicly talks about her se ... More >>

Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch, at Welcome 2 My Pudding

Maria Vassett​ Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch, and more Comerica Theatre Saturday, December 17 They don't call it a variety show for nothing. Most of the crowd for last night's Welcome 2 My Pudding, the 11th installment of local restauranteur, golfer, and shock rocke ... More >>

As I Lay Dying's Jordan Mancino on Slayer and Frank Sinatra

​The members of Grammy-nominated metal group As I Lay Dying are further into their career than they thought they'd ever be. Not only does 2011 mark the band's 10-year anniversary, but the band released a new album, Decas, and are burning through the country with Of Mice and Men, The Ghost In ... More >>

Judas Priest at Arizona State Fair, 10/21/11

Maria Vassett​Judas Priest Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair Friday, October 21, 2010 Let's get it out of the way straight off the bat: I've never been big Judas Priest fan. I don't dislike the band, mind you, but I've never really delved in beyond the hits. (I think I have a ... More >>

Anthrax's Charlie Benante on Worship Music and the Band's Name

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Cactus Chainsaw's Dirty Vox on Blood, Sweat and Beers

​When Cactus Chainsaw's singer said the band's list of influences was possibly a higher number than his criminal record charges, I took it with a grain of salt (courtesy of a cheap tequila shot). But within the first 20 seconds of listening to their music, I could hear the band's specific inf ... More >>

Eric Steven Glomski, What Are You Listening To?

Eric Steven Glomski​Eric Steven Glomski The director of winemaking at Arizona Stronghold Vineyards is helping host a river trip in the Verde Valley Saturday, July 23, complete with lunch and a wine tasting. For more information, call (928) 639-3004. When you put your key in the ignition and turn ... More >>

Face to Face, & Strung Out @ Nile Theater

Diddy Temporarily Changes His Name...Again

​A million name changes weren't enough for Sean Combs. Apparently, it was time for another one, according to Paste.Rapper and producer Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, can't seem to ever settle on a name. Even this time he feels that his new alter ego will only be suitable for a week.His new ... More >>

Holy Grail, & Cauldron @ Nile Theater

Six Million Dead: Arizona Death Metal to Rattle Your Brain

www.facebook.com/sixmilliondeadSix Million Dead: A million miles-per-minute.​Heavy metal has a rich and diverse history in Arizona. Our state has had a horde of notable residents: hard rock pioneer Alice Cooper, hair metal singer Bret Michaels of Poison, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, Dave Musta ... More >>

Watch Megadeth Hang Out in Phoenix in Evolver Documentary about Youthanasia

This week's main print feature is about why Dave Mustaine, and not a member of his former band, Metallica, or anyone else on this weekend's Big 4 bill, is the MVP of metal. In that column mentioned Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia, which chronicles the band's adventures in Phoenix, where t ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Hung Dynasty at Ice House Tavern

Chris BurnsHung Dynast at Ice House Tavern​It's not often you get to watch ice hockey the same time a rocking band performs, but that's exactly what you'll get at the Ice House Tavern this Friday, November 12 when Hung Dynasty takes the stage.The bar's live music stage is attached to the Arcadia I ... More >>

Beastie Boys, The Rolling Stones, and America's Other Oldest Bands

New Weezer, Rob Halford, Pavement Reunion

Electric Mustache: We Want YouWaved Rumor: Weezer - (If You're Wondering if I want you to) I Want You ToSpin: Q&A: Rob Halford of Judas PriestIdolator: Tracking The Ever-Shifting Priorities Of MTV Networks' Standards And Practices DepartmentSo Much Silence: Good Afternoon, Vintage Photo Of Will ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Fourth of July Edition

The ATL's Le Castle Vania will kick out the electro-house beats on Friday at Bar Smith. There's more to see and do this weekend than just staring at massive explosions of gunpowder in the sky while some Lee Greenwood anthem plays in the background. A lot more. Since you've got three straight days a ... More >>

Scare and Scare Alike

The Expendables

You Asked For It: Iwatchedherdie.

Rarely does a death metal act succeed in spooking a seasoned critic like me, but I have to say there was truly something unsettling about Iwatchedherdie.'s The Ill Effects of Hope. Midway through the seven-song disc I just felt vaguely disturbed by the imagery, the haunting keyboards, the crushing g ... More >>

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

The Wisdom of the Metal Gods Vs. The Meditations of Hip-Hop MCs

I just received a book titled Time Flies When You're In a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods (A Plume Book), a funny little tome filled with lyrical adages from the world of heavy metal music. Edited by Mike Daly (formerly of alt. country band Whiskeytown), the book is divided into four sections: Me ... More >>

The Metal Masters Tour at Cricket Wireless Pavilion on Thursday, August 28

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford dishes on Nostradamus

Judas Priest Singer Rob Halford’s Phoenix Favorites

Future Shock: Tom Waits, Tina Turner, Coldplay, and more

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford schedules a meet-and-greet in Phoenix, and gives us some candid Q&A

Various Artists

The Heavy Metal Box
(Rhino)

3 Inches of Blood

Fire Up the Blades
(Roadrunner Records)

Getting Harry

We love the Connick

Power Trio

Precious metal

Priestbird

What has six legs and flies?

Age of Evil

Metal never sleeps

The Headbangers Have a Ball

Lush life at karaoke night

Trail of Tears

Prey should be called Dances With Tedium

Thrill Ride

The original man's band, refrocked

Queensrÿche

Umlaut pioneers bring noisy lucidity

Alice in Revolver Land

Cheap Trick Special One (Big3)

Marshall Crenshaw What's in the Bag? (Razor & Tie)

Pop Goes the Easel

Three Arizona artists illustrate 'Imagery From a New Generation'

Number One With a Mullet

Heavy metal gets the lite treatment in the cliché-studded Rock Star

Mill Landing

The sixth annual New Times Music Showcase brings together the Valley's best, brightest and weirdest

The Donnas

Turn 21 (Lookout! Records)

Roadhouse Blues

Demise of Tempe brewery and nightspot is the latest bit of bad news for the East Valley music scene

The Artist Formerly Known As Print

Our quarterly roundup of the latest in music books

Second Helpings