Some musicians hold a special place in my heart, one good example is prog metal master Steven Wilson. In October 2021, I made a broadcast in Clubhouse Metal Oda on Steven entitled “The Genius of Steven Wilson” where we explored his music through the years. Steven was nominated for 2022 Grammy Awards at the end of November: this was when I started to write this article. Many familiar faces in Rock & Metal genre are nominated for 2022 Grammy Awards in different categories: those who come immediately to my mind are Gojira, AC/DC, Mastodon, Dream Theater, Deftones and Rob Zombie. When I checked Wilson’s nomination, I was surprised to find out it was in Production-Best Immersive Audio category and not in song writing. So, here it would be appropriate to dive a little bit into Immersive Audio.
A lot has been said and written about the album “Fortitude” by the French technical death metal band Gojira, since its release in April 2021. Now as the end of the year draws near and we go through the best albums of 2021, I wanted to say a few words on this powerful album. Read more
Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
It has been exactly 30 years since the release of the cult album “Metallica” by the legendary band Metallica, which is known as “The Black Album” due to its cover design. The group’s best-selling, best-known album, whose tracks are among the classics, entered the Billboard 200 charts at number one in 1991. Like Master Bruce Dickinson once said, The Black Album introduced metal to the masses and paved the way for the successors of the genre. To celebrate the 30th year, more than 50 artists from various countries and continents of the world, who make music in very different genres, were asked to interpret their favorite Metallica song from the album; and this is how the Metallica Blacklist was born, including 53 cover tracks, all profits of which will be donated to charities.
FROM SENJUTSU TO SEPPUKU, FROM DUNKERQUE TO SHOGUN
Dear Metalheads,
Here I am with you, eagerly ready to review “SENJUTSU”, the 17th studio album of IRON MAIDEN, one of the biggest Heavy Metal bands of all time. The album streamed on all digital platforms at midnight on September the 3rd, 2021, that is 6 years after their last “Book of Souls”. Read more