Metal Spotlights

Metal Spotlights and Features

General Features

October 1998--The Fall (and rise?) of Metal--By C. Evans Putman
December 1998--Zen and the Art of Yngwie--By Chuck J. Klosterman
May 1999--Rusting Puppets--Metal's Magic Encapsulated--By David Perri
June 1999--The Rise and Fall of Metallica--The Sellout Case--By David Perri
August 2000--Zakk Wylde: Complaint Department Closed...--By Andrew J. Smith
July 2001--Iced Earth--Oh Horror!--By David Perri
February 2003--The Metallica Sellout Case Part II: The Aging Process and Its Wonders--By David Perri

The Farrell Collection
--by Jason Farrell

May 1999--My Old Man's Record Collection--Sixties' Proto-Metal, and How We Got Here From There
June 1999--In the Beginning--When "Metal" Could Mean Anything - And Often Did (Part One)
July 1999--In the Beginning... (Part Two)
July 2000--Of Bargain Bins and Gateway Drugs -- (1980 - 1985)
February 2001--A Hesitant Defense of the Power Ballad: The Eighties, Part Two
July 2001--The Kids Aren't Alright: The Nineties

Spotlight On...

July 1998--Mr. Blackwell--By Andrew J. Smith
November 1998--X Factor X--By Andrew J. Smith
November 1998--The Great Kat--By Andrew J. Smith

Concert Reviews

November 1998--Priest...Live! 10/24/98--By Michael C. Merrill
July 1999--Woe to you, oh earth and sea... -- Iron Maiden, 7/13/99--By David Perri
July 2001--Tesla - Live 4/7/01--By Michael C. Merrill

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