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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 13: The 20th Anniversary of “Feed On Me”
The second album of Judas Priest’s Ripper Owens era, “Demolition” is not often mentioned in the annals of Judas Priest as one of their land mark efforts. That credit usually is reserved to any number of albums the band recorded between 1976 and 1990. Even their reunion CD “Angel Of Retribution” is in many metal…
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Metal Grinder presents: Iron Jaw from Texas.
Iron Jaw hail from Fort Worth, Texas and play metal in the classic tradition of elder gods Judas Priest, Motörhead and Saxon, to name but a few. Steel Mill’s Metal Grinder found out about the band’s style, influences, current record and upcoming activity from guitarist Rick Perry! http://kkdowning.net/steelmill/Interviews/fire-from-texas-iron-jaw/
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Fire from Texas: Iron Jaw.
Iron Jaw hail from Fort Worth, Texas and play metal in the classic tradition of elder gods Judas Priest, Motörhead and Saxon, to name but a few. The earth-shattering vocals of Todd Pack gives a classy veneer to all the tracks, while guitarists Rick Perry and Jeff Brown concentrate on ruthlessly efficient riffs and surgically…
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Stephen Pearcy Interview
1980’s glam metal icon Stephen Pearcy has had a very illustrious career to say the least. Known most as the trademark, raspy voice of glam metal band Ratt, his career has spanned nearly five decades. He has a book, “Sex Drugs Ratt & Roll”, out on Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well as an…
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Stephen Pearcy: “I’m not just a singer, I write those songs.”
1980’s glam metal icon Stephen Pearcy has had a very illustrious career to say the least. Known most as the trademark, raspy voice of glam metal band Ratt, his career has spanned nearly five decades. He has a book, “Sex Drugs Ratt & Roll”, out on Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well as an…
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Judas Priest – Point Of Entry
Judas Priest’s much debated “Point Of Entry” turned 40 this past February. While Priest certainly was the essential heavy metal band that wrote its fair share of heavy and hard neck-snappers, it was exactly material such as “Desert Plains”, “Solar Angels” and “Heading Out To The Highway” that have gained them appreciation over different genres.…
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Rik Charron Interview
Considered one of the pioneers of speed metal, Exciter rocked the 1980’s with pure pounding passion. In this interview by Heather Williams, we put the spotlight on Rik Charron. Rik pounded the kit for Exciter in the 1990’s era of the band. Currently, Rik is drumming for German 1980’s thrash band Necronomicon. http://kkdowning.net/steelmill/Interviews/rik-charron-exciter-necronomicon-interview/
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Rik Charron (Exciter/Necronomicon) Interview
Considered one of the pioneers of speed metal, Exciter rocked the 1980’s with pure pounding passion. They forged their path among the metal greats with their quintessential albums like “Long Live the Loud”, “Violence and Force” and “Unveiling the Wicked”. A new era of Exciter emerged in the late nineties, morphing from an 1980’s speed…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 9: The 40th Anniversary of “Desert Plains” and “Point Of Entry”
If one sets out to find Judas Priest’s most controversial and debated album, “Point Of Entry” might be the first one on the list. 40 years on from its release, The Fuel Of The Furnace looks back to the record and its highlight, dramatic and powerful “Desert Plains”, with K.K.’s comments on the song included:…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 9: The 40th Anniversary of “Desert Plains”
If one sets out to find Judas Priest’s most controversial and debated album, “Point Of Entry” might be the first one on the list. Later on “Turbo” and “Jugulator” were certainly very much discussed but for entirely different reasons. “Point Of Entry” appeared in early 1981 during an era when traditional metal was more popular…