Christian metal or non, the Yellow and Black Attack remains in fine form on Stryper’s eleventh studio album and sixteenth release ‘Fallen.’

This album is the farthest progression from his days in Zeppelin as Plant could ever possibly achieve, and embodies a tone that’s serene and almost Zen, creating its own little musical universe, apart from anything else Plant has done in his solo career to date.

Even if it goes against popular opinion, Queensryche still made some strong hard rock songs leading up to the band’s revival with Todd La Torre.

When pop culture seems to rule the world, there are still those, especially in the metal community, that are ready to challenge the status quo. Metal has always challenged the boundaries, through vocal styles, lyrics, or the thunderous rage of the guitar, bass and drums. That being said, a lot of newer metal bands take up this banner, a stand out being Halcyon Way.

Needless to say, the entire disc is all over the map, taking inspiration wherever Jericho and Fozzy can find it. Even though each track jumps from genre to genre, they somehow find a way to pull it off. Fozzy gives the listeners a little taste of everything; there is something for everyone here. That is what makes this disc successful, and few hard rock or heavy metal bands could pull that off with such reckless abandon.

Music fans know him by several monikers:  “Motor City Madman,” “Gonzo,” and even “Uncle Ted,” but no regardless of what the fans call him, Ted Nugent is one of the most iconic rock guitarists of all time. Ted Nugent, even in the early days of his forty-plus year career, has always been an in-your-face, take-no-prisoners artist who is a diehard advocate of all things rock and roll.

When a rock and roll fan thinks of the band Tesla, they think about the great albums of the late 80’s, established favorites like ‘The Great Radio Controversy.’ Tesla’s albums have always had a certain sound: rich dual guitars, strong lyrics and vocals, with catchy hooks that stick in and don’t go away, even years later.

Every thirty years or so, a guitarist comes along that sets the metal community on fire; in this case, that fire has been has been burning since Zakk Wylde came onto the scene as Ozzy Osbourne’s protégé and lead guitarist. Virtually a child prodigy, Zakk created guitar riffs that shocked and amazed Ozzy’s fans; how could this skinny blond haired kid make sounds come out of a guitar that nobody had ever heard before?

D.A.D. is not what you might typically expect from a band who holds the title of Denmark’s most widely recognized rock group. This is a band whose style expands far outside of its geographical boundaries. With a catalog of music that has spanned over thirty years, D.A.D. (or Disneyland after Dark), has fused elements from several different genres of rock.

On February 1, 2014, three local heavy metal bands, Oblivion Myth, Killing Grace and Halcyon Way joined forces with Pastor Bob Beeman’s Bridge Bunch Homeless Food Ministry and the Rutledge club in Nashville, TN to put on a charity concert and silent auction.