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Widow | Life’s Blood

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — It’s been far too long since North Carolina’s traditional metal kings Widow have graced us with a new studio album. In the years since 2007’s Nightlife, we’ve seen a major resurgence in old school, traditional heavy metal, both here and abroad. Widow [...]

Christoph “Chris” Bennett of Widow

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Well before it became a trend, Raleigh, NC-based Widow has been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal. They’ve set the underground metal world “On Fire” (to borrow one of their album titles) for more than a decade, and with a new album on the way, an [...]

Widow Midnight Strikes…Twice!

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Years before the White Wizzards and Cauldrons of the world came along and captured everyone’s fancy with their newly christened New Wave of Traditional Metal style, North Carolina band Widow was raising the banner for old-school metal with a thoroughly modern energy. [...]

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. [...]