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The Metal Gods Are Back – Judas Priest – Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) – Album Review

The Band   Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band formed in 1969. One of the most successful bands in their genre, along with others like Iron Maiden.    Band Members:  Rob Halford – vocals Glenn Tipton – guitars Richie Faulkner – guitars Ian Hill – bass guitar Scott Travis – drums     The Album   After six years, the Metal Gods return with a new album. Invincible Shield is the nineteenth studio…

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Bruce Dickinson’s First Solo Album After 19 Years – The Mandrake Project – Album Review

The Singer   Bruce Dickinson is an English singer. Best known as the legendary vocalist of the heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. He has an operatic type of vocals and a way of singing like he is telling you a story.    Band Members Bruce Dickinson – vocals Roz Z – guitars Tanya O Callaghan – bass  Dave Moreno – drums Mistheria – keyboards   The Album   This is Bruce’s first solo album after…

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Gatekeeping in Music – Posers vs. Trves

The metal community is known for being very welcoming in some cases and super closed-minded in others.  Gatekeeping in music refers to controlling access to a certain artist or band’s music, considering the potential new fans not worthy of listening to them. A clip of one of my favorite films, High Fidelity, illustrates this… This behavior occurs in many music genres, but especially in rock and metal, and the more specialized the subgenre, the worse…

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The Return of the Love Metal Man – Ville Valo – Neon Noir – Album Review 

I’ve been a fan of HIM and Ville since I was in my early 20s, and I got the privilege to see them playing live the first time they played in Chile in 2014. A show that I shared with two big fans of the band, my mom and my youngest sister.    The Singer   Ville Valo is a Finnish musician, best known as the singer and leader of the gothic rock band HIM. …

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Major Tom to Ground Control – Music After Planet’s Destruction 

Some years ago, I was with friends philosophizing about life and death, and we started to talk about what would happen with music and art, in general, after humanity reached its extinction. Of course, I hope this situation will not happen soon, but many scientists have said that this is inevitable, and the sun, which is not eternal, will collapse and no longer exist. And before that occurs, the planet Earth will be absorbed by…

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Covers vs Originals – When The Disciple Surpasses The Master

A cover song is a new recording or performance by someone other than the original artist or composer. The new version is typically similar in structure to the original, but the arrangement may be different. For me, they are just artistic expressions to show how much they love a song, and how much it means to them and to make an homage to the original. Sometimes, the cover surpasses the original and becomes more famous…

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Johnny Cash – The Man In Black

John R. Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Arkansas, U.S.A. He was an American country singer. His fame started in the mid-50s in the rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee.  His mother taught him to play guitar, and he started listening to gospel music and radio. Then began writing his songs at the age of 12. After his military service, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to pursue a musical career. He studied to work on…

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When the Love of Music Becomes a Dangerous Obsession

Recently has been a huge polemic in the metal world due to toxic fandoms, stalkers, and privacy infringement to some musicians, all because of social media. With their rising success and increase in followers, some bands also attract some unwanted persons and situations. Some people feel, because they go to their shows, and comment on their social media, that they’re entitled to a relationship with the artist. In psychology, this is called a parasocial relationship…

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Sleep Token’s First Proper Masterpiece – Sundowning (Deluxe) – Album Review

The Band   Sleep Token is a British rock band formed in 2016. Their style is… progressive metal, R&B, Djent, pop, genre-less? Or a mix of them all? They are an anonymous group, commanded by their singer, Vessel.    Band Members Vessel – vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano II – drums   The Album    After their two EPs, on November 21, 2019, they released their debut studio album, Sundowning.  They released each song on the…

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Rock Party Songs – The Second Part

Most lists have sequels, and in the case of party songs, this wasn’t the exception, so here’s the second part. To read the first part of the list: https://metalbere.com/my-top-10-party-rock-songs-glam-edition/   The Songs   Mötley Crüe – Kickstart My Heart This super fast-paced song refers to when the band’s bassist, Nikki Sixx, overdosed and had to receive an adrenaline shot into his heart, to bring him back to life. This is the perfect choice if you ever…

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