Metal playlists from the underground
Dear Metalhead Junkie, I would like to personally welcome you to the Gears of Rock’s Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Songs of All Time Official Countdown. I’d also like to extend a hearty congratulations to you for stumbling upon this life-altering/shattering experience. You see, over the last 5 years I have spent quite a […]
Here is a list of the Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. If you don’t own all of these records then you’ve got problems. It is interesting to note that 40% of these picks were released in the year 1980 and 70% of these came out in the 1980s. The post-1980’s exceptions are […]
Here is a list of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. A prerequisite for making this list is that the guitarist must have played for an awesome band. For example: Joe Satriani is a sick guitarist that produced virtuosic guitar albums; however Chickenfoot is not that awesome. Same type of thinking goes with Steve […]
Here are 10 songs containing some of the most influential and greatest guitar riffs of all time listed with band, album, and guitarist. You have heard them all and if you play guitar, you know how to play these riffs and songs inside out. 1. “Iron Man” Black Sabbath, Paranoid (1970), Tony Iommi 2. “Heartbreaker” Led […]
1. Guns ‘N’ Roses “November Rain” 2. Metallica “One” 3. AC/DC “Thunderstruck” 4. Judas Priest “Breaking the Law” 5. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” 6. Ozzy Osbourne “Bark at the Moon” 7. Megadeth “Sweating Bullets” 8. Iron Maiden “Run To The Hills” 9. Twisted Sister “I Wanna Rock” 10. Van Halen “Hot For Teacher” 11. Def Leppard […]
ACCEPT: BLOOD OF THE NATIONS German metal masters Accept return with BLOOD OF THE NATIONS, a 12-track album that displays this Teutonic unit’s classic loud and fast dynamic with some discernible twists. This disc (the band’s first studio offering in 14 years), brings on some major changes in the lineup for starters, as former TT […]
After many years, guitar legend Carlos Santana has finally released something interesting. Guitar Heaven features covers of twelve classic-rock gems, ranging from The Beatles to Def Leppard. Each tune contains a different guest singer; some bad ass (Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland), some lame (Nas, Rob Thomas). Here’s the deal: Each of Santana’s renditions are infused […]
NONPOINT: MIRACLE Admirably remaining intact despite enduring bouts with the music industry’s infamous waves of uncertainty, the latest release by veteran Florida act Nonpoint entitled MIRACLE showcases a reinvigorated unit determined to not just survive but thrive. Produced by Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne and self-released on the band’s own label, this 12-track […]
CULTED: OF DEATH AND RITUAL Destroying with a dastardly mix of doom metal for the digital age, the three-parts Canadian and one part Swedish quartet Culted return with a foreboding four-track affair OF DEATH AND RITUAL. This stopgap release by this unit who rumor has it have never ALL been in the same room at […]
After polling the little demonic beings living within my thick fat hairy skull, an imperfect list of the Top 100 All-Time Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands was born. We hope you despise it. Insincerely Yours, The Management P.S. When you are done vomiting blood all over the list, test your metal wits on the […]