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Countdown to Extinction is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released on July 14, 1992 through…
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The System Has Failed marks a return from the dead for Megadeth — and quite a glorious return, it must be said. When bandleader Dave Mustaine…
Megadeth have been through a lot of lineup upheaval circa the early 21st century, with longtime leader Dave Mustaine being the only…
The release of 2009′s Endgame brings with it a startling realization: if first-generation thrash metal fans had been polled about which…
If goodwill alone careers made, then lovable heavy metal losers, Anvil, would be topping charts across the globe, headlining stadiums, and rolling joints…
One of the most unlikely reunions in heavy metal history, the Cavalera Conspiracy — featuring long-warring ex-Sepultura siblings Max and…
You can go ahead and count them: that’s exactly 14 long-necks poking out of the celebratory case of beer adorning…
It’s a good barometer of Sepultura’s steadily muddled career prospects that the once hallowed Brazilian metal band’s new…
Yngwie Malmsteen may very well be the Buddy Rich of heavy metal guitar. In the jazz world, Rich was as famous (or infamous) for…
The 13th album by German thrash/death metal institution Sodom deviates not a bit from the pattern established over its dozen…
So now it’s Forbidden’s turn to file their reunion album, joining, well, almost all of the biggest names involved in the 1980s San Francisco…
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EThe sixth album by Greek power metal outfit Firewind (now destined to achieve a much higher stateside profile, given that lead…
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