Mattowarrior's Metal Madness

In this video, I will go over the significance of "hair metal" to the genre of Heavy Metal as a whole. I will also go over my history with the genre (from incredible scorn to lavish praise of a select few bands in a few short years), as well as what I think the label means and what is and what is NOT hair metal, despite the general public's perception. I am not sure if this will be a series of videos or one, but watch for it soon!

As part of the relaunch of this blog, I decided the first regular column will be one on albums that don't or didn't get their due. It could have been for a multitude of reasons, one being perhaps that the style of metal was not popular for the time, lack of record company support, etc. As a result, many classic albums don't get their proper treatment by the masses or critics. One band that comes to mind is Ice T's Body Count. Not to say they are the second coming of Black Sabbath or anything, but specifically their self titled debut album's notoriety was achieved for the wrong reasons, and the reasoning not having much to do with musical content. Why the inclusion in "Forgotten Treasures"? Because the album's controversy overshadows its content, mainly being known for the political firestorm that the song "Cop Killer" (removed from later pressings) had brought forward in 1992 and 1993. Also, many metalheads seem oblivious to the album, an...

In preparation  for an epic upcoming video about Queensryche, here I bring you a review I did a year ago for their latest release, Dedicated to Chaos. Enjoy these "slightly old" reviews (haha) :   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=memQeSdZoyE&feature=plcp Note: I have gotten a lot better at reviews as many will see (in the past year or two). I also make a severe typo- Promised Land is from 1994, not 1983! I don't know if that was a flub in that I was thinking of their old stuff, but it was definitely not an intentional thing I said!