Heavy Metal

2016 Throwback Gallery: Rock Allegiance Festival (Day One)

‘Rock Allegiance’ Festival 9/17/16 at Talen Energy Stadium Chester, Pennsylvania Avatar Baroness Breaking Benjamin Buckcherry The Cavalera Brothers Chevy Metal Dinosaur Pile-Up Jim Breuer and the Loud & Rowdy Motionless in White Sick Puppies Skindred The Apocalypse Blues Revue The Word Alive Trivium Young Guns  Photography by: Steve Trager

Remembering Eddie Van Halen: The Guitar Hero’s Guitar Hero

Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The electric guitar may be the quintessential symbol of rock ‘n’ roll, but of the many individuals who’ve strapped one on over the years only a select few have made such an impact as to become virtually synonymous with the instrument. That short list would obviously include Eric Clapton and… Read more

2014 Throwback Gallery: The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival

The ‘Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival’ 2014 Camden, New Jersey Escape The Fate Buck Cherry Godsmack Skillet Seether Pop Evil 3 Years Hollow Within Reason Sons of Revelry Rewind The Crisis  Photography by: Steve Trager

Lamb of God – ‘Lamb of God’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Travis Shinn For more than twenty years Richmond, Virginia heavy metal band Lamb of God have been pleasing the subgenre’s multitude of fans, and now, even after a five-year absence (the longest between studio releases in the band’s history), their new self-titled album should be quite effective in making up for lost time…. Read more

2012 Throwback Gallery: The Best of Alternative Rock & Heavy Metal

Linkin Park ‘Honda Civic’ Tour 2012 Camden, New Jersey Halestorm ‘93.3 WMMR Presents: MMR*B*Q’ 2012 Camden, New Jersey Shinedown ‘93.3 WMMR Presents: MMR*B*Q’ 2012 Camden, New Jersey Godsmack ‘93.3 WMMR Presents: MMR*B*Q’ 2012 Camden, New Jersey Rammstein ‘Made in Germany’ Tour 2012 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Steel Panther ‘93.3 WMMR Presents: MMR*B*Q’ 2012 Camden, New Jersey Pop… Read more

Trivium – ‘What the Dead Men Say’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Roadrunner Records Orlando, Florida heavy metal band Trivium’s ninth album What the Dead Men Say opens with a short track titled simple “XI”, an instrumental that acts essentially as an overture. The title song, however, which immediately follows, drives the point home. Trivium is clearly the type of band that likes to drive the point home… Read more

2010 Throwback Gallery: Heavy Metal & Alternative Rock’s Finest

Roger Waters ‘The Wall’ Tour 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Halford ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey DevilDriver ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey Saviours ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey Drowning Pool ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey Kataklysm ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey Nonpoint ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey Kingdom of Sorrow ‘Ozzfest’ 2010 Camden, New Jersey Skeletonwitch ‘Ozzfest’… Read more

Queensrÿche & John 5: ‘The Verdict’ Tour 2020

Queensrÿche & John 5 at The Keswick Theatre 2/19/2020 Glenside, Pennsylvania Websites: www.queensrycheofficial.com & www.john-5.com  Photography by: Steve Trager

Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Ordinary Man’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Ilya S. Savenok Other than “Elvis,” there’s probably only one other first name in rock which when spoken by itself is shorthand for not just a musical genre but also an entire subculture. Of course we mean (cue echo and deep voice): “Ooooooooozzzzzzzyyyyyyyy.” At the beginning of the Seventies, Mr. John Michael Osbourne… Read more