Photo Credit: Ross Halfin After choosing several surprising (and potentially polarizing) collaborative partners on his last album, Ordinary Man (Elton John, Post Malone), heavy metal’s ultimate icon Ozzy Osbourne by and large revisits familiar territory on his new full-length release Patient Number 9. This is mainly in regards to the guitarists he’s recruited this time… Read more
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Ghost – ‘Impera’ Album Review
Photo Credit: Mikael Eriksson You have to hand it to the Swedes. They have a preternatural ability to craft pop songs, in English, across any genre you could name. This phenomenon began, of course, with Abba who was able to take the disco they heard coming out of the States and turn it into something… Read more
2000s Throwback Gallery: Ozzfest 2007
Ozzfest at the Tweeter Center Camden, New Jersey 3 Inches of Blood Ankla Behemoth Black Tide Chthonic Devil Driver Hatebreed In This Moment Lamb of God Lordi Nile Static-X The Showdown Photography by: Steve Trager
MMM Thoughts: How is the State of Rock ‘N’ Roll in 2021?
Photo Credit: MTV VMAs This year’s MTV Video Music Awards (which aired live on September 12th) tell us pretty much all we need to know about how the state of rock ‘n’ roll is 2021. Actually, we can even go all the way back to 1997: The award category that had once been “Best Heavy… Read more
2000s Throwback Gallery: Bon Jovi ‘Have a Nice Day’ World Tour 2005
Bon Jovi ‘Have a Nice Day’ World Tour 2005 at the Wachovia Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photography by: Steve Trager
MMM Top Ten: 10 Bands That We Wish Would Get Back Together
Top 10 Bands That We Wish Would Get Back Together When a popular band announces they’re breaking up on a Monday, rumors that they’re going to stage a reunion usually begin by that Friday (maybe even late Thursday). Indeed, countless bands have split up only to have successful reunions years or even decades later, albeit… Read more
MMM Thoughts: Selling Out vs. Evolving in Music – Is There a Difference?
Photo Credit: Getty Images/Ringer illustration It doesn’t even take a million streams on Spotify or three sold out nights at Madison Square Garden to be labeled a “sellout”. Virtually any commercial success in music will inevitably invite claims that an artist has “sold out” and ironically enough, this label is most likely not to come… Read more
2000s Throwback Gallery: ‘Hollyweird’ World Tour 2002
‘Hollyweird’ World Tour at the Tower Theater Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania Winger Cinderella Poison Photography by: Steve Trager
2000s Throwback Gallery: Kiss ‘The Farewell Tour’ 2000
Kiss ‘The Farewell Tour’ at the Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre Camden, New Jersey Photography by: Steve Trager
’90s Throwback Gallery: Aerosmith ‘Nine Lives’ World Tour 1997
Aerosmith ‘Nine Lives’ World Tour at the Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre Camden, New Jersey Photography by: Steve Trager