Ever been to, like, the south of France. And in the middle of all the wine drinking and cheese eating, you want to hear some good old metal, punk or hardcore and drink beer? But all you can find are tiny bars with local farmers drinking pastis? Try Heavy Metal Holidays. Not only can you [...]
Heavy Metal Holidays
January 9, 2010
NWONBHM (New Wave Of Non British Heavy Metal)
November 9, 2009
We’ve got Steel Panther from LA with their hit ‘Community Property’ From Mexico we’ve got Moderatto (check that drumkit!). And last but not least: Hellhound from Japan with anthems like Heavy Metal Patrol, Metal Warrior, Heavy Metal Education and Metal Zone!
Satan’s got your nose
September 25, 2009
thanks Het Zesde Vlak
Tired of Heavy Metal? Try this!
August 19, 2009
We were about to tell you about this great Gaahl interview by Terrorizer, but realized that maybe you are getting tired of all this heavy metal. Just like Gaahl himself is. So why not try this light metal? Do you know any bands that would qualify for light metal exept ‘The Bisshop and the Warlord’?
Have a headbanging weekend!
June 26, 2009
We hope you have fun this weekend! See you next week.
Ace of Spades by heavy metal brassband
June 12, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a82v8JvNnQ4&feature=player_embedded] 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.
Special: Cool cover versions: Army of Me (Part 3 of 5)
May 13, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGS-Z8opqk] 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 [...]
"The gods are here!"
May 11, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxLgiKlJ2BA&feature=player_embedded] 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.
Forget 'Hammer time' It's Metal time
April 15, 2009
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 [...]
Heavy Metal flowchart
January 23, 2009
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.
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[Art Monday] Review – Re:Rotterdam & RAW Rotterdam
February 13, 2012
Geeske Bijker Rotterdam was the visual art capital of the Netherlands this weekend. Besides the high art gathering of Art Rotterdam, there were many other initiatives like RAW, Re:Rotterdam, Paviljoen and Object. To much for one day, so I decided to narrow down to ‘Re:’ and ‘RAW’. Re: Rotterdam is held is in an empty [...]