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Blaas of Glory – Ace Of Spades. Recorded in Diepenheim 28-09-2008.
Let’s hope men in tights are coming back to the fashionworld soon. And long 80s heavy metal style hear too.

This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted!
A song that has been covered many times particularly by metal bands is Björk’s Army of Me (maybe that is because of the heavy metal umlaut in her name?).
Helmet has done one (see ‘video’ above), Caliban, which I could not find online [...]

Have you ever seen a big heavy metal guy with a moustache go crazy for his favorite band like a little girl for her Britney?
We didn’t. Until we saw the video above. Majestic.

That’s something you don’t see everyday on zxzwblog.com: two heavy metal posts in a row! After the revealing secrets behind the ac/dc albums in the previous post, we realised not all of you may be familiar with the heavy metal vocabulary, so here’s a quick update on all you need to know: Click here for [...]

Earlier we gave you a complete flowchart about the panflute. This flowchart says it all. It’s music in its purest form.
Of course heavy metal isnt that simple. So here’s the complete flowchart for Heavy Metal music. Hope this makes things clearer.

An 82-year-old heavy metal fan from Weobley in Herefordshire has spoken about his longstanding love affair with rock music like Iron Maiden etc.. Read more.

Italy isn’t just about pasta, Catholic guilt, mafiosi and trains not running on time. Oh wait, it is. But aside from that, some cool things happen there from time to time. For example, an Italian Capuchin monk has started a metal band with some dudes that look like aging Limp Bizkit fans. You see, he [...]

As a follow up to Saxon’s legendary live-album “The Eagle Has Landed”, our hero Mambo Kurt has released a live album as well, called “The Orgel Has Landed”, recorded live at one of the worlds biggest metalfestivals, Wacken Open Air. Too bad it doesn’t have any Saxon covers on it though…
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Final Countdown
Enter Sandman
Medley
Raining Blood
Bombtrack
Highway to [...]

The magazine Vice made a film about heavy metal in Baghdad. It premiers today in new York and LA. Check the trailer here or visit the website.