Metallica has always been, without a doubt, one of the most popular bands in the entire world from various perspectives from their issues with Napster and copyright music, their beyond inspiring music to thousand of fans that have been reached, to even the bands that don’t play a genre anything like Metallica’s have claimed them…
Love them or hate them, Metallica is synonymous with heavy metal music. They are often lauded as the inspiration for other bands. This year marks the band’s fortieth anniversary, which means entire generations of fans have grown up on this incredible music. We’re ranking all ten of Metallica’s studio albums in honor of four decades…
Heavy metal fans are drawn to the genre in part because of the hardcore lyrics, screaming guitars, and dynamic rhythms. Most would agree that the drummer for these groups can make or break a band. The drummer generally remains in the background. Although they’re not the front men, their job is important and those who…
Up until the 1980s, thrash didn’t exist as a genre. Bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest may occasionally have gotten fast and furious in the ’70s, but it wasn’t until the turn of the decade that a new wave of bands took what they’d been doing and elevated it to a whole new level….
Hailing from Tokyo, Japan is a metal rock band known as Babymetal. In 2010, they originally formed as a trio. Suzuka “Su-Metal” Nakamoto, Moa “Moametal” Kikuchi, and Yui “Yuimetal” Mizuno are the founding members, but Mizuno reduced Babymetal from a trio to a duo in 2016 after first leaving due to an undisclosed illness. Instead…
They say there’s no such thing as a new story, and the same certainly applies to music. Like words, there are only so many possible notes you can play. Unsurprisingly, a whole lot of songs sound alike. For example, there are numerous jokes about how every pop song is Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Plus, covering…
Late in August 1981, Dave Mustaine (lead guitar), James Hetfield (rhythm guitar/vocals), Ron McGovney (bass), and Lars Ulrich (drums), formed the Metallica band as the original members. In late 1982, the band did, however, had to let go of Dave and Ron. To fill the void Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton swiftly stepped in. Since…
Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” is ranked as the second-most famous song on YouTube but what you might not know is that he was not planning on singing it. He envisioned the song as a duet between Rihanna Rudimental, but when the record label head heard it, he asked Sheeran why he wanted to give…
Japan has a fair amount of interest in western culture. As a result, it should come as no surprise to learn that there is a Japanese metal scene. In fact, it should be mentioned that said scene can trace its roots to the 1970s, which was when the Flower Travellin’ Band mixed metal with both…