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Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, Auckland 2016
With both Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath in town over the same weekend, my little metal head was all a-flutter.
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The Unofficial At War With Satan Playlist
I thought I’d do something a bit different today. Instead of another excerpt from my novel, I’ve compiled a YouTube playlist of songs to go with the reading of my book, At War With Satan, which comes out FRIDAY as an ebook, and it’s looking like maybe next week as […]
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15 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time
I do not intend this to be any kind of definitive list. Eassentially it’s a list of my non-guitar-player opinion of the best metal guitarists. To me, a great metal guitar player needs a high level of technical skill, but also the ability to transform that skill into interesting riffs, […]
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Ronnie James Dio – One Year On, and it’s still not easy
I’ve been listening to Dio albums all week and getting a bit choked up. To hear that soaring voice inside your head and know he’s somewhere else … it doesn’t seem real. He doesn’t sound like a ghost. He sounds so very alive. My memories of Dio go back to […]
