Judas Priest

Warbeast split EPs, skulls in 2013

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...

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: Five Musicians Who Love the Sci-Fi Author

by Chris Gray Sci-fi fans across the world were saddened when prolific author Ray Bradbury died Tuesday, Wired magazine reported. The typewriter-loving Bradbury was 91 and lived in Los Angeles. Bradbury was best-known for writing that set the standard for post-WWII science fiction such as Fahrenhe ... More >>

Okkervil River, Chromeo and a Ton of Other Show Announcements

One of the many incarnations of Okkervil River​Still fresh from the release of their new album I Am Very Far, Austin's Okkervil River seems to be working quite hard to let everyone know about it. The album is quite solid, thanks in part to the production work of local producer John Congl ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Summer Amshoff Is More Than Just Some Chick Bands Invite To Come Dance On Stage During Their Shows

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.Summer Amshoff​The thing with beautiful "rock chicks" that dance onstage is that most of them stop ... More >>

Early Man Play Metal The Old-Fashioned Way.

Danzig's Blackest of the Black Tour Promises to Melt Your Face Off

The Ozz-Man Cometh

After years of touring the nation, Ozzfest 2008 finds a home in Dallas' suburbs

School Of Rock Branch To Open In Dallas Area

Missing from the Dallas Scene: You

Parental Guidance

Rating the year's hits with Mom and Dad

The Perfect Valentine's Gift

Damageplan's New Found Power will leave you all warm andfuzzy

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Too Fast for Love

With a white-hot major-label debut, the Donnas don't have time for Avril Lavigne--or you

A Little Respeto

How Maná won the war for its reputation--without even trying

Daniel's Boon

Spoon's Britt Daniel is a good guy. And his new album is even better.

Doom Patrol

High on Fire's Matt Pike talks about Earache and stoner rocket science

Dude, You Rock

Queens of the Stone Age have the feel-good hit of the summer

Being Spike Jonze

The acclaimed rock-video director has made one of the year's oddest, funniest films. So why is he scared of his own shadow?

No guts, no glory

David O. Russell gets to the heart of the matter, down to the last detail

Run its Course

A decade later, Course of Empire utters its last words

You got another thing comin'

Venal old fraud Pat Boone bellies up to the trough once more with an album of metal covers

Metal's crimson King

The mellow Satanism of King Diamond

He stole the soul

Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli exposes his big Black heart

1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part II)