Are Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats a Modern Day Black Sabbath?
Besides, occult doom bands are always welcome in the ever-broad musical climate of today. It is safe to say that Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats is indeed a modern-day Black Sabbath.
Year In Review: 25 Rock & Metal Albums That Shaped 1990
All images courtesy of Getty Images/Wiki Commons By Andrew [email protected] For rock music, the 1990s would prove to be a decade steeped in duality. With the ghost of the 80s...
An Interview with Vinny Appice of Black Sabbath & Dio
Aptly known as one of the heaviest, hardest-hitting, and menacingly furious drummers in heavy metal history, Vinny Appice’s speed-laden, molten lava stickwork has served as the bedrock for some of the most transcendent albums in rock history.
An Interview with Richie Ranno of Starz
Stood alongside chiptoothed, yet effervescent frontman Michael Lee Smith, Ranno provided a maestro-level foil to Smith’s up-front machismo, and non-stop musical necromancy. The synergism was palatable, and in 1976 Starz recorded its self-titled debut record, a watershed album that would influence droves of hard rock and heavy metal bands for decades to come thereafter.
