Heavy Metal Monday: Manowar

It’s been really difficult for me to write on RBM in a really long time. I’ve had my head elsewhere because of school and shit- but don’t worry, I’ve still been at the Palladium a ridiculous amount. I’ve recently seen a lot of shows, with a lot of bands that I really care about, but for some reason my heart just wasn’t in it. I was taking these experiences for granted. This changed when I went to my third concert of the week. This show reminded me of my roots, of my upbringing into the brothers of metal. It filled a void in my life that had been growing for six years. The Kings of Metal, Manowar, had finally returned to Massachusetts.

Heavy Metal Monday: Lordi

In sum, you take awesome Finnish metal, splice it with Kiss (and perhaps a bit of the Alice Cooper aesthetic) and you’ve got the band Lordi. You’ve also got zombie cheerleaders being led through the halls of a metalhead’s high school. Good times! How many of you that watched the video wish that had happened to you? I thought so.

Heavy Metal Monday: Eluveitie

All the way from Switzerland, I bring you the folk metal band Eluveitie! With a totally stacked lineup of everything from your usual instruments to the fucking HURDY-GURDY, this Celtic folk metal band can by turns bring you back to your happiest summer days, and tear your face off with the sound of their shredding.