‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ is a major STATEMENT track by Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish. And it’s from the period with their greatest lineup – Floor and Marko together. And it literally covers the history of all life on earth. Can The Hawk do it justice?
The Hawk has lamented on here about the age of some Classic Heavy Metal performers. Should it matter? To help decide, what better strategy than to review a show on the current European tour of 3 particularly venerable bands – Judas Priest, Saxon and Uriah Heap. Could they still cut it?
David Lee Roth is probably the main man when we speak of Van Halen singers. But that still leaves a healthy stint that was the Sammy Hagar era. How well does Hagar’s spell stand the test of time compared to the rest of Van Halen’s history? We’re here today to figure that out.
‘And Justice For All’ is the vegemite of Metallica albums. Love it or hate it. Many fans don’t bother with it much, whilst others wax lyrical to this day about its fabulous compositional qualities. With that in mind, we’re going to revisit this album and ask whether it’s really that bad.
Bon Jovi on a so-called heavy metal blog can get some people foaming at the mouth. But maybe when it comes to their early years, we can have a little nuance in that thorny debate. Here’s a take on the first couple of albums before they turned into behemoths / sell-outs later on.
If you just run the numbers, ‘Empire’ is Queensryche’s biggest success by far. Triple platinum, and a top 10 double Grammy award nominee. But does that mean it’s their best? That’s trickier, so let’s look at the story and try to figure out it biggest equals best in this case.
The Hawk has written about Def Leppard’s ‘Pyromania’ before, but not in a way that did justice to such an awesome Classic Heavy Metal album. So here, we’re going to be RANKING all 10 songs on ‘Pyromania.’ There’ll be some tough decisions in there, and no doubt a hint of controversy!
Ask most heavy metal fans for their favorite AC/DC albums, chances are that ‘Back in Black’, will be right up there. But what is it about this opus that makes it so good? Here, we’re going to rank all the songs and hopefully get more of an insight that.
Conventional wisdom often tells us that 1990s heavy metal was all, well, a bit crap. Grunge taking over. Bands in decline. So it’s a relief to be able to post about one shining star in the somewhat diminished heavy metal galaxy of that time. We’re talking about Fear Factory’s defining opus, ‘Demanufacture’.
