By Andrew Bansal March 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of a defining moment in the history of heavy music, the release of Deep Purple’s sixth studio album, “Machine Head”. Released on March 1st 1972 in the UK and March 31st in the US, it found instant universal success. This was hardly a surprise to anybody, …
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By Andrew Bansal Today, March 22nd 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Iron Maiden’s iconic third studio album, “Number Of The Beast”. No amount of praise is enough for this album. The fact that the music on Number Of The Beast is nothing short of legendary is quite obvious, because here we …
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By Avinash Mittur The 1990’s were a dark time for many metal bands, and Kreator were no different. The band had lost two hotshot guitarists in one decade, Frank “Blackfire” Gosdzik and Tommy Vetterli, founding bassist Rob Fioretti, and even Jurgen “Ventor” Reil for a period. Not to mention, four of the band’s five albums …
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By Avinash Mittur Allow me to begin by saying that “Pleasure to Kill” is a very, very personal album for me. This isn’t a story of a social misfit, or a slacker who just wanted to play guitar all day. I was simply a junior in high school who wore band shirts and just wanted …
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