Content tagged 'Hard Rock'

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20 years ago, Pantera released the eighth studio album of their career, and it remains one of the most intense, hard-hitting LPs in their catalog. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, we’re reissuing THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL in a very special 20th anniversary edition that may actually rock harder than the album did in its original release, and while we can appreciate why you might be skeptical of this claim, just wait ‘til you see the track listing. THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL: 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION is a two-disc set which includes the original album remastered, plus a dozen previo

25 years ago this week, Rush released their 14th full-length studio album – or their second album for Atlantic Records, if you prefer to look at it that way – and found themselves back in the top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for the first time in a decade. Roll the Bones was co-produced by the band with the assistance of Rupert Hine, who’d worked with Rush on their previous album, Presto . While Roll the Bones wasn’t quite as critically acclaimed as its predecessor, that probably didn’t bother the band too much, given the obvious commercial success. In addition to the album’s sales,

31 years ago today, Dio released their third studio album, an effort which ultimately proved to be the final LP for the band with Vivian Campbell as their lead guitarist. Produced by Ronnie James Dio himself, Sacred Heart found Dio working with Campbell, bassist Jimmy Bain, keyboardist Claude Schnell, and drummer Vinny Appice, with additional guitar work from Craig Goldy on the song “Time to Burn.” From a musicianship standpoint, however, what’s most remembered about the album is that Campbell was – shall we say – released from his position with the band during the subsequent tour. Late in his

Black Sabbath is currently in the midst of their farewell tour, and if you’re a fan of the band and were already well aware of this sad fact, then we’re sorry for putting it first and foremost in your mind again, but there’s a reason for us having done so: as a way of paying tribute to these heavy metal legends, we’re reissuing the band’s first eight studio albums. It’s a perfect time to take a dip back into their catalog, so we here at Rhino want to make sure that Black Sabbath’s albums are all out there, ready for you to give them another listen. You could probably recite the titles of these