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Thunderstick | Echoes From the Analogue Asylum

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — The fifth entry in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, Echoes From the Analogue Asylum is a loaded anthology of solo recordings by Thunderstick. Best known as the enigmatic masked drummer of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) pioneers [...]

Blacksmith | Strike While the Iron’s Hot

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The fourth entry in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, Strike While the Iron’s Hot is a comprehensive anthology of early recordings by New York heavy metal band Blacksmith. One of the best of the “cult” bands in the American metal scene, [...]

Ancient Creation : Moonlight Monument

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Moonlight Monument is the third album from Kansas City-based metal band Ancient Creation. The band, newly signed to Heaven and Hell Records, has a sound that’s tough to pin down. There’s a strong traditional metal backbone, but there are also elements of power, [...]

Billy Farley of Ritual

by Derric Miller Staff Writer Ritual singer/founder Billy Farley checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss their brand new release The Ancient Tome; the background his band which has been making music for well over 20 years; the studio/recording process as compared to the ’80s and sneaking [...]

Seventh Calling LIVE!

June 5, 2010 at The Hideout, Omaha, Neb. by Derric Miller Staff Writer There are a number of excessively talented bands out there going against the grain of all that is Modern Rock and Metal, and bringing it back old school. They are doing it for the sheer love of music, and popularity be damned. [...]

Steve Handel of Seventh Calling

by Derric Miller Staff Writer Lead singer/guitarist Steve Handel of Seventh calling checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about the brand new debut release Epidemic; why they went with the song “Epidemic” as the title track; how they define their sounds, and if it’s somewhere [...]