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The many faces of Hammerfall: metal, My Sharona, and Taekwon-Do

Back towards the end of January I had the fortune to chat with Anders Johansson of Hammerfall about the band's upcoming release No Sacrifice, No Victory - coming out in March this year. The last time I talked to Anders was in May 2008, when they were just heading into the studio to record the album.

Listening to No Sacrifice, No Victory, and comparing it to earlier releases, such as 1998's Legacy of Kings, you can really see how Hammerfall have evolved; their releases are les

Stryper @ the HiFi (Brisbane, Australia), 27th August 2010

Stryper is recognized as the first openly Christian heavy metal band to gain recognition in the mainstream music world. Their message of salvation has also made them popular with some elements of the media during the 1980s. Reformed, and touring on the strength of their recent relase "Murder by Pride", Stryper performed to a packed house at Brisbane's HiFi Bar, supported by Sydney band Devine Electric.

Bloodstock Open Air - Day 1: Bloodstock II: Electric Boogaloo

Yeah, Gorlock went back to Bloodstock again. Fuck knows why.
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Bloodstock Open Air

I was all set to give Bloodstock a wide berth this year, because for the last year or so, I've realised that I can't really be scuttered with the vast majority of metal.

Festival review: Sonisphere Sweden (Stockholm), 7 August 2010

Not even torrential rainfall could keep 47,000 Swedes (and at least one Aussie) from witnessing that which is SONISPHERE, arguably Europe's biggest and best touring metal festival.
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Sonisphere, Stockholm 2010

I had been counting down the days to this event since I bought the tickets in March.

Gallery: ProgFest 2010 @ Rosie's Tavern (Brisbane, Aus). 6 Aug 2010.

Keyboards... Check! Violins... Check! Acoustic Guitar... Check! Progfest 2010 goes off at Rosies Tavern, 6th August.

The Bard and his Songs – An audience with Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian

Now you all know the bards and their songs. With an illustrious career spanning over twenty years, Blind Guardian are as ambitious as ever. Hansi talks shop about the new record as well as the orchestral project, his love for Aussie power ballads and that damn haircut…

When I was first discovering metal as a kid that would wish his hair would hurry up and grow past his shoulders, I entered the wonderful world of power metal.

Julie Weir - Still noisy after all these years

Julie Weir once seemed like a freak - a lone girl in the male dominated world of the London music industry in the '90s. Thankfully things have changed a bit now, and Julie takes some time out to reflect on her career for Metal as Fuck

Astriaal w/Lustration, Disentomb and Defamer @ Rosies Tavern 23rd July 2010

Sound the trumpets and ready the citadel, ASTRIAAL release their long awaited follow up to "Renascent Misanthropy", "Anatomy of the Infinite". Supported by Lustratiion, Disentomb and Defamer