Metal playlists from the underground
Disturbed is ranked the #100 greatest band of all-time in the realm of hard rock and heavy metal. Featuring fist-pumping anthems that get juice heads amped up in steroid-raging tizzies before afternoon workouts, Disturbed has consistently dropped #1 albums since their sophomore effort “Believe” (2002). Their most successful songs to date are “Inside the Fire,” […]
Dear Millennial EDM Expert Still Living with Parents Because the System is Rigged Against You, It’s time to put down your glow sticks, neon tights, and molly so you can finally do something useful with your lazy existence. Try popping this list of guitar gods from the Gears of Rock before walking down to your […]
How do you accurately determine the best drummers in the history of hard rock and heavy metal? You can’t! On this list you will find 100 awesome drummers that have raised the standards of drumming. The order is far from perfect, but one thing that each of these musicians have in common is that each […]
There are so many great hard rock and heavy metal bands that begin with the letter “D.” Today the Gears of Rock presents the 10 best bands in history to start with D: #1. Def Leppard #2. Deep Purple #3. Dio #4. Diamond Head #5. Dream Theater #6. Danzig #7. Down #8. Deftones #9. Dokken […]
Surviving your first concert experience Before attending your first heavy metal show during your teenage years or adult life, you should be somewhat aware of proper concert etiquette. You should have a basic understanding of the Dos and Don’ts of the mosh pit, how to handle the opposite sex, and when it’s cool to sing along […]
Here are the Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands of All-Time updated for 2014. These groups are established, they are hard, and some of them are really heavy. Sure, some are hard rock, others are heavy metal. Some bands on this list, at one time or another, could be considered death, grunge, sleaze, […]
First off I’d like to tell you about my Empire Strikes Back pop-up book that I got in 1980. It was amazing; not only easy to read for a two year old, but it also included a mighty Hoth Wompa, Master Yoda, or Lord Vader all jumping out of the book with almost every flick […]
ORPHANED LAND: THE NEVER ENDING WAY OF ORWARRIOR Israel’s Orphaned Land dazzles the senses and gives a bang for your buck with their latest 15-track offering. This unit’s multi-faceted metallic approach contains an abundance of ingrained native musical influences with genuine instrumentation intertwined with a progressive mix of ornate death metal underpinned with elegant epic […]
Early this year it is becoming increasingly apparent that 2010 is going to be the year of Fear. With the long-awaited and highly anticipated return of guitarist Dino Cazares to Fear Factory and the addition of the brilliant drumming of legendary Gene Hoglan to the group, Mechanize lands in early contention for album of the […]
German experimental hardcore troupe flu.ID have made an album proper by repackaging two previous 10-inch releases with a few bonus tracks and a strange assortment of electronic interludes to create a 15-track collection of schizophrenic heaviness and offbeat weirdness titled IOTS. Imagine Refused jamming out with Dillinger Escape Plan while a techno party looms in […]