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“There were opportunities for us to break into the Metallica league. But we never took advantage of them”: the story behind Testament’s debut album The Legacy, an overlooked thrash classic
Testament never scaled the heights of Metallica or Slayer, but their 1987 debut album The Legacy remains a thrash classic
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"The wave of legacy bands striking new gold in their twilight years continues unabated." Almost 50 years in, German heavy metal legends Accept have found a new career peak with Humanoid
Accept have put together an absolute banger with their brilliant new album, Humanoid
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“We took influences from the New York hardcore scene. Our stuff was faster than in the Bay Area”: the 100mph story of East Coast thrash
The inside story of 80s thrash’s great East Coast vs West Coast rivalry
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“We wore silly hats, but in those days, you did silly things”: Listen to the doo-wop bands Ronnie James Dio sang in before becoming a metal star with Black Sabbath and Rainbow
Before Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio, one of heavy metal’s most powerful voices sang in skiffle and doo-wop groups. This is what they sounded like…
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It was inspiring to see how Metallica worked. I had their posters before I had my first guitar: how Volbeats Michael Poulsen stepped up to metals big league
The story of Volbeats Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies album
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“Now… which leather pants to wear?!” Lzzy Hale of Halestorm will front Skid Row on tour, following the exit of singer Erik Grönwall
Halestorm’s singer/guitarist will be leading glam metal legends Skid Row during their next four tour dates
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"It’s not that Maiden albums aren’t fun, but we don’t get to play like children." Bruce Dickinson is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
The Iron Maiden frontman reveals the secrets of his new solo album and comic series – The Mandrake Project
This is #castle Linn in #Krefeld. Most of the castle complex that still exists today dates from the 13th century, with only the south wing and the low outer defensive wall dating from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Trivia: There is an iron-grated shaft in the middle of a castle hall that served Krefeld singer Hansi Kürsch (#BlindGuardian) as inspiration for the song 'The Bard's Song (In the Forest)'. During a visit to the castle, he developed the idea "to write a song about a mother who is locked up in the #dungeon down there", Kürsch told the trade magazine #MetalHammer in 2015. In the further course, however, the piece developed into a "bard song". #Metal 🤘 #HistoryLessonWithBella 😊