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Loudwire’s Top 50 Metal Songs
If you’ve got a knack for recognizing album art, then this is a spoiler alert. (Volcano) Today Loudwire released its list of the Top 50 Metal Songs of the 21st Century. The site provides an embedded...
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Top 25 Hard Rock/Metal Songs of 2012 (#25 – 21)
I had a difficult enough time restricting myself to only the Top 10 albums of the year; there was no way I could choose only 10 songs. Instead, I’m going with the my personal favorite Top 25 Best Hard...
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Top 25 Hard Rock/Metal Songs of 2012 (#11 – 15)
Day #3 of my top 25 hard rock/metal songs of 2012! We’re taking on #15 – 19 today; you can check out round 1 (#21 – 25) and round 2 (#16 – 20) of the five-part list as well. 15. Candlelight Red –...
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Top 25 Hard Rock/Metal Songs of 2012 (#1 – 5)
Here we go: my picks for the top 5 songs of 2012, rounding out five days of the Top 25 Hard Rock & Metal Songs of 2012. To recap: the #21-25 post, the #16-20 post, the #11-15 post, and the #6-10...
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Song Lyric Inspired Tattoo Art
If you’ve known me for more than, oh, a day or two, you probably are aware of my love for Killswitch Engage. I saw them live 3 times this year and the last two were among the most incredible concert...
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Spicy Classic Bloody Mary & Tomatillo Green Mary Recipes
Has it been long enough since New Year’s Eve to start thinking about liquor-based drinks again? I actually made these beauties before NYE (they helped to sustain me through 5 days of my Nashville...
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Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2013 (So Far) – Part One
There has been so much incredible music released this year that I’m unwilling to wait until December to post a “Best Albums of 2013” article. Thus we have the first segment of my Top Ten Favorite...
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Top 20 Albums of 2013 (#1 – 4)
We made it! This was an outstanding year for music, and I’m thrilled with every one of the 20 (well, 21) albums listed. A final wrap-up post with honorable mentions and oversights will be up...
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Top 20 Albums of 2013
The Top 20 Albums of 2013, in a pretty picture format. As a bonus, below we have 5 glaring omissions, 6 solid records that got dropped because of the bands’ respective prior successes (seriously), and...
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Norwegian Metal 31-Day Challenge (Week Four)
AbWeek #4 of the 31-Day Norwegian Metal Challenge has wrapped up, and between this week and the previous three weeks, it is amazing how much outstanding new music we’ve discovered. Since, as usual,...
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