- 16 Mar 2011
Underoath Tour Dates
- 16 Mar 2011
Times Of Grace Tour Dates
- 16 Mar 2011
Kataklysm Tour Dates
- 16 Mar 2011
Symphony X, Tour Dates
- 16 Mar 2011
Death Angel Tour Dates
- 16 Mar 2011
Destruction Tour Dates
Heaven and Hell,” Black Sabbath
After Black Sabbath fired Ozzy Osbourne, their next move was a make-or-break affair. The decision to hire Rainbow/Elf vocalist Ronnie James Dio and proceed in a more “dungeon...
Fade to Black,” Metallica
Metallica took on their first true ballad with “Fade to Black,” off 1984’s Ride the Lightning. The ambitious, epic song showed Metallica bravely paving new directions that would...
Angel of Death,” Slayer
Notwithstanding its controversial subject matter, this Slayer classic set a new standard for speed metal when it kicked off the band’s 1986 masterpiece, Reign in Blood. Underscored by...
Peace Sells,” Megadeth
No song better exemplifies Megadeth’s thrash metal brilliance better than “Peace Sells” does. From the memorable, Primus-like opening bass line to the galloping 4/4 attack that sends the...
Black Metal
Black metal started in the early '80s. It drew influences from thrash metal, but took things to even more extremes. The Norwegian scene quickly grew and was plagued...
Doom Metal
Doom metal has its origins in the early 70’s, with heavy metal band Black Sabbath playing songs with slow riffing and dark, foreboding lyrics. In the 80’s, bands...
Metalcore
The origins of metalcore date back to the mid-1980s, where bands like Agnostic Front and Suicidal Tendencies were mixing thrash, punk, and hardcore together. The genre became huge...
Progressive Metal
Progressive metal has its roots in the progressive rock movement of the '70s. In the mid 1980s, bands began to take the basics of progressive rock and add...
Hair Metal
Hair metal was influenced by glam rock from the late '70s and early '80s, inspiring the over the top looks hair bands adopted, including big hair and makeup....
Power Metal
Power metal mixes heavy metal with thrash, speed and symphonic elements. European bands like Helloween and Gamma Ray started the power metal movement in the late ‘80s, with...
Death Metal
Death metal evolved from thrash metal and also took some of the extreme elements of black metal. The fast tempos of thrash were kept, but blast beats were...
Thrash Metal
Thrash metal is also known as speed metal, and since many of the early thrash bands were from San Francisco, it became known as Bay Area Thrash. It...
Heavy Metal
To the uninitiated, any loud music is called heavy metal. In reality there are a multitude of heavy metal styles and subgenres. Heavy metal is a wide umbrella...
“Freak on a Leash,” Korn
“Freak on a Leash” thrust Korn head-on into the mainstream, landing the California metal boys at #6 and #10 on the alternative and mainstream rock charts, respectively. With...
“Them Bones,” Alice in Chains
Written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, this juggernaut of thundering, low-end guitar and bass riffage bludgeons you relentlessly about the head and body. The song’s predominate 7/8 time signature...
“Cemetery Gates,” Pantera
The longest song Pantera ever recorded, “Cemetery Gates” stood out on the band’s already impressive fifth album, Cowboys from Hell, which was released in 1990. Frontman Phil Anselmo...
Metal Blade Records
Since its formation in 1982 by Brian Slagel, independent record label Metal Blade has signed bands from all different genres of metal, including death, black, thrash, and progressive....
Century Media Records
Century Media is home to a variety of metal bands, including goth, black, power, black, and hardcore. With offices all over the world, including the United States, Germany,...
Underoath Tour Dates
Underoath is hitting the road in January, 2011 in support of their latest CD Disambiguation. Openers include Thursday, A Skylit Drive and Animals As Leaders. Underoath, Thursday, A...
Times Of Grace Tour Dates
Times of Grace has announced the touring lineup for their forthcoming debut tour. The core of the band is Jesse Leach on vocals and Adam Dutkiewicz on guitars/vocals,...
Kataklysm Tour Dates
Montreal based extreme metallers Kataklysm have announced the North American leg of their "Spread the Venom 2010 - 2011 World Tour. "! Joining them will be All Shall...
Symphony X, Tour Dates
Progressive metal masters Symphony X announce a 2011 headlining North American tour featuring Nevermore, Soilwork, Powerglove and Blackguard. The trek will launch on April 21st in Philadelphia and...
Death Angel Tour Dates
Death Angel will embark on their first North American headlining tour in support of their new album Relentless Retribution in early 2011. Joining them will be Lazarus A.D.,...
Destruction Tour Dates
German thrashers destruction will be returning to North America in support of their new studio album, Day Of Reckoning, due out in the U.S. and Canada on March...
Sepultura Tour Dates
Legendary thrashers Sepultura will return to the U.S. for a headlining tour in April/May of 2011. Joining them will be Austria's Belphegor, Norway's Keep Of Kalessin, Poland's Hate,...
Iron Maiden Tour Dates
Iron Maiden with their crew and many tons of equipment, will once again be boarding Ed Force One in February 2011 to fly 50,000 miles round the globe...
McKagan went on to question if Led Zeppelin could be considered metal
Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan recently ruminated on what bands are considered metal and what bands are not. While speaking to UGO.com about his...
Top ten Thrash Bands Who Didn’t Make the Big Four
Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax are collectively known as thrash’s Big Four – the cornerstones upon which the entire thrash movement is built, and the compass one uses...
The band started releasing studio albums in 1980, and they seem to get more popular with time. Their most recent studio album is 2010's The Final Frontier which went One in 29 countries. In the US The Final Frontier reached its peak position of Four by selling 63,000 units in America.
Their upcoming compilation album will highlight songs from their last eight studio albums, which follows 2008's compilation of their earlier work, the 1980-1990 Somewhere Back In Time album.
The announcement of From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010 comes on the heels of Iron Maiden's first ever a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category for "El Dorado" from The Final Frontier.
Even though From Fear To Eternity will be a double-disc release, it will only be sold at the price of a single album. The album will also be available as a Digital Download Album and as a Limited Edition Triple Vinyl Picture Disc.
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