It’s been a while since we shared a selection of music with you and what better time to come up with a new playlist than Halloween?
Tag: heavy metal
Alice In Blunderland – Rewinding Through Alice Cooper’s Wilderness Years
Dismissed by critics, forgotten by their creator – could there be more to Alice Cooper’s ‘blackout albums’ than people have suggested?
Oral History: The Incomplete Story Of A Forgotten Heavy Metal Band
The odd story behind one of heavy metal’s most obscure, salacious and elusive bands.
In Defence – Sort Of – Of Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons might be an egotistical, greedy, sex-crazed narcissist – but at least he’s honest about it.
Bill McClintock And Los Disturbados Bring You Stuparena
Another unlikely but magnificent musical collision from the king of the mash-up.
Dancing With The Devil – A Music Censorship Documentary From 1991
A Channel 4 exploration of Christian hysteria about the evils of rock music.
Give Me Something To Break! Limp Bizkit At Finsbury Park
Remembering how the nu-metal superstars came close to killing your editor.
Experiments In Drinking: Dark Arts Coffee Listen To Bathory
How can you go wrong with black metal-inspired coffee? Prepare to find out.
Teenage Satanism In The 1980s: VHS-Era Christian Hysteria
More moral panic and slanderous claims from the religious fundamentalist grifters of the Satanic Panic era.
Nine Circles of Hell: Reviewing Psycho Synner’s Instant Discography
Nine albums, all released simultaneously – a mad folly, a moment of genius or a cynical slap in the face for music critics?
The Things You Think Are Precious I Can’t Understand: Cover Versions That Miss The Point
In which introspective, personal studies of human frailty and despair are turned into vacuously bouncy dancefloor bangers, metal misfires and saccharine pop show tunes.
Christian Parents Are Still Terrified Of Iron Maiden
Mentally unbalanced Christians demand a school principal is removed from her position because of ‘Satanic Imagery’.