Iron Maiden

Record Store Day Approaches and Ben Harper Premiers at The White House

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. The day has finally come and Bill Wisener, Bill's Records owner, can hardly contain his excite ... More >>

Local Independent Record Vendors are Rooting for the Underdogs

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Similarities emerged at CD Source and Good Records this week with top artists reaching high sa ... More >>

How to Appreciate Metal: A Four-Step Guide

Step One: Admit the world and worry obliterating limitations of Indie Rock, Top 40 and basically everything else. Boss getting you down? Spouse (or partner) ripping you a new one? Fido pissing in the house? Friend forgetting to pay you the $20 that you loaned him (or her) last Friday night? Is your ... More >>

Ten Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2013

2012 did not end with the bang promised by the Mayans. Fortunately, 2013 is gearing up to be the year of Heavy Metal. Some of the industry's oldest and newest legends are conjuring some tunes to help nurse the no-apocalypse blues. Here are the ten metal albums likely to get the most attention in 201 ... More >>

Warbeast split EPs, skulls in 2013

Warbeast Split EPs, Skulls in 2013

When Arlington thrashers Warbeast flew overseas to co-headline a tour with legendary Pantera/Down vocalist Phil Anselmo, the band's pulverizing riffs and grueling lyrics slew metal fans across Europe. A joint album seemed like another one of the devil's pipe dreams until the two entities announced t ... More >>

The 25 Creepiest Heavy Metal Album Covers

By Jason Roche Halloween is the time where it's acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow's Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside...

Good Records' Chris Penn: "You Can't Roll a Joint On a Digital Download"

Christopher Todd Penn was a just a kid when he was held at knife-point in the bathroom of an Iron Maiden concert. He shouted "NO" and ran for his life, instead of giving up the goods. Later, after relocating to the area, he became more of a Tripping Daisy fan. Then he did merch for them. Now he's ... More >>

Playing Ministry's The Land of Rape and Honey for My Daughter

See also: Playing Fugazi's Repeater for my kids I have been graced with a 15-year-old son who loves punk and metal. What's a better bonding experience than sharing a moment listening to Iron Maiden or Bad Brains? But when it comes to my 12-year-old daughter, her boy-band, country-pop leanings leav ... More >>

The Six Best Concerts of the Summer

See also: Ten of August's best music photos This summer's musical choices have been made. Our thighs have been chafed from festivals, our livers raked over the fiery coals, our eardrums gently caressed. And now, as we drift into the last quarter of the year, we're taking one look back at some of o ... More >>

Ten of August's Best Music Photos

August is typically the cruelest month, in terms of temperatures, lack of energy and things to do. Looking back through the blog, however, we certainly got our fair share of photo ops. Here are a few to remind you of the month that was.

Iron Maiden - Gexa Energy Pavilion - 8/17/12

See also: The fans of Iron Maiden Iron Maiden, Coheed and Cambria Gexa Energy Pavilion Friday, August 17 Talking to a number of people who saw Iron Maiden's last show back in June 2010, the common complaint was too many new songs and not enough old songs. The six-piece gave the nearly-filled Gexa ... More >>

Top Ten Underrated Iron Maiden Songs

Seeing that the first show I ever took my son to was Iron Maiden, I get a special feeling every time the legendary metal act makes its way to our area. Anyone who calls themselves a metalhead knows the "hits," so in honor of the band playing tonight at Gexa Energy Pavilion, here is my list of the te ... More >>

Ten of This Weekend's Best Shows, Starring Iron Maiden, Fang Island, Shonen Knife and More

Every Thursday, we bring you ten of the weekend's best shows. Of course, you can find even more of them with our handy concert calendar. Fang IslandThursday, August 16, at DadaMore on this show here. DJ Ruthless RamseyFriday, August 17, at Elm Street BarAudra's got a good preview about the world's " ... More >>

Coheed and Cambria's Josh Eppard On Matt Pinfield, Iron Maiden and the Mets

Coheed and Cambria comes back to Dallas on Friday, previewing material from their forthcoming double album, The Afterman, and supporting metal legends Iron Maiden. Drummer Josh Eppard took some time to share his love of the New York Mets, his experience as an Iron Maiden fan, and what it was like to ... More >>

Brann Dailor of Mastodon: "The Live Shows Are A Separate Piece Of Art"

Like the beast it's named after, Atlanta's Mastodon is fairly ugly and makes a hell of a racket. In just over a decade, the band has released five albums and each has been better than the last, culminating in 2011's The Hunter. Speaking from the tour bus and in anticipation of tonight's show at The ... More >>

Ryan Adams Does Dio's "Holy Diver"

As the queue of local artists itching to lay down covers forms to the left, our weekly feature Covering Tracks returns with a live performance from Ryan Adams.The mercurial former frontman of alt-country (remember that?) icons Whiskeytown is certainly known for genre-bending. In his solo career, he' ... More >>

Hell, Texas: Taz Bentley On Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses...

Patrick "Taz" Bentley, the powerful drummer behind Rev. Horton Heat, Burden Brothers, and Tenderloin, will be back in action this week with his latest band, 76. Since their sound owes a lot to the sonic messiah that is mid-'70s arena rock, it's no surprise to hear Bentley saw some of rock's heavywei ... More >>

The Top Ten All Time Best Replacement Lead Singers in Rock and Roll

The Misfits' Michale Graves​Nothing pisses rock fans off worse than the lead singer of their favorite band being replaced. This happens across genres, but it's most common within hard rock -- pop, country and R&B vocalists' departures are usually a precursor to their solo efforts; very rarely ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen at the Double Wide

Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen Double Wide August 13, 2011 Better than: teaching your nephew how to play Mastodon songs. Dylan HollingsworthMaleveller​Last year, Maleveller could only play a certain amount of songs live. Because, well, they only had those songs to choose from. Durin ... More >>

Picture Show: The Fans, The Bands at Rockstar Mayhem Festival

Mike MezeulThis is your son on rock. ​Fuckin' Slayer! No, we don't mean that. We're actually referring to this perfect photo from last year's Iron Maiden show at Gexa Energy Pavilion. Over the last year, we've collected a number of great fan photos from concerts around Dallas, but few fans display ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Pretty Recklesss at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room

Taylor Momsen​The Pretty RecklessFebruary 19, 2011House of Blues' Cambridge RoomBetter than: my Chuck Bass impression.It was easy to anticipate what the crowd at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room was going to look like on Saturday night -- moms dropping off their high school-aged daughters in min ... More >>

Picture Show: The Most Memorable Fans of 2010

Roger CaldwellFrom the Fans of Iron Maiden: check out the full slideshow. ​While we're not going to go so far as to nominate a Person of the Year (boo, Zuckerberg, boo), we feel a picture show of the most memorable fans of the year would be appropriate. Thanks to our many photographers in the ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: KXT's One-Year Anniversary Party at Gilley's, Bobby Patterson at The Kessler, In This Moment at Trees and Traffic 911 Benefit at Dan's Silverleaf

An interesting array of shows taking place around our area this Thursday evening. A celebration in one corner of town, some legendary soul at another, some inspired metal in yet another corner, and, up north, some impressive local acts working it for a worthy cause.

Tonight, Tonight: Massive Attack at the Palladium Ballroom, Sarah McLachlan at Verizon, Black Tide at The Loft and Johnny Flynn at The Prophet Bar, Hanson at House of Blues, The Local Hang at The Libertine

Busy way to start the work week--and on a night when the Rangers face World Series elimination, no less...

Rock n Taco: Hitting a Power Chord at Lunch

Valient Thorr

Saturday, October 23, at the Double Wide

Big Balls?

Last Night: Iron Maiden and Dream Theater at Superpages.com Center

Iron Maiden, Dream TheaterSuperpages.com CenterJune 9, 2010(Just Slightly) Better than: Staying home and watching Spinal Tap for the 200th time.Roger CaldwellIron Maiden fans are the best. For more photos of their revelry, check the slideshow.​On a night when the weather took a breather from unbea ... More >>

Number of the Beast

Show Announcements: Iron Maiden, Chicago, Doobie Brothers And Sting Coming To Dallas

Proof that Sting sucks.​Summer, that season when old farts get back in the tour bus to milk a few more million bucks out of nostalgic fans, is just around the corner, as evidenced by three big Superpages.com Center concert announcements this week. First, Iron Maiden will open its The Final Frontie ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Dead Earth Politics -- "Dos Cuerpos"

Hailing from Austin, Dead Earth Politics claims all of the cool metal influences: Iron Maiden, Lamb of God, Slayer, Mastodon, etc. And surprisingly, the quartet does incorporate most of them into its loud and dense onslaught. Lead vocalist Ven Scott was gracious enough to send over a track off the b ... More >>

Show Announcements: The Gourds, Better Than Ezra, Cut Off Your Hands, Maiden Texxas

This week's announcements are a pretty short list, but over the last few weeks we've seen the early summer slots fill up pretty quickly. Can't complain, though, when it includes an Iron Maiden tribute and the guys behind everyone's favorite Snoop Dogg cover. Jump for the details.

Today in Music News: ScoJo Keeps Singing, Metallica Cop Fans Are Pissed, and Miley Cyrus Loves Maiden

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, January 28, 2009... Scarlett Johansson remains dead set on adding "singer" to her resume: She has now covered Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" for the soundtrack for He's Just Not That Into You. You know the movie your girlfriend ... More >>

Tech-Tonic Plates

Bullet for My Valentine, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold

Tuesday, March 1, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

SXSW Last Night: Children at Mohawk

Persepolis Comics Become Streamlined Film

The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2-D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

Thorn vs. Side's Nowell Doesn't Hold Back in Our Q&A

Shred Cred

You wanted the best — you get the best: Guitar Hero III

Three Inches of Blood

Thursday, August 2, as part of OzzFest, at the Smirnoff Music Centre

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Early Man

Sunday, February 12, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Maltoro, Spitfire Tumbleweeds

Friday, January 21, at Double Wide

Iron Men

Recent releases document the Maiden voyage

Trans Am

November 30

Hope you die before we get old

Reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

Out Here

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX