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metal | The Metal Observer https://themetalobserver.com Your guide through metal! Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:51:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://themetalobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Metal-Observer-Icon-45x45.png metal | The Metal Observer https://themetalobserver.com 32 32 The Metal Observer’s Top 30 Albums of 2022 https://themetalobserver.com/the-metal-observers-top-30-albums-of-2022/ https://themetalobserver.com/the-metal-observers-top-30-albums-of-2022/#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:51:44 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=47948   This year we decided to pull our fingers out and make our Top 30 available before the end of the year. Cue frantic observing during much of December and the eventual result of a gleaming Best Of for your inspection and delectation. As usual, there’s a massive cross-section of different styles present on the […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/tmox10-stephen-king-metal/feed/ 0 37340 PokéMetal – Gotta bang ’em all! https://themetalobserver.com/pokemetal-gotta-bang-em/ https://themetalobserver.com/pokemetal-gotta-bang-em/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:38:17 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=33602 Have you ever wondered what each metal sub-genre would look like if it were physically manifested as a Japanese animé pet-cum-gladiator? Of course you have! Pokémon may be one of the most popular franchises Earth has ever seen, so here at TMO, Alex and Larry thought it would be a wise business decision to capitalize […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/pokemetal-gotta-bang-em/feed/ 5 33602 The Curious Connection Between Pro Wrestling and Heavy Metal https://themetalobserver.com/the-curious-connection-of-pro-wrestling-and-heavy-metal/ https://themetalobserver.com/the-curious-connection-of-pro-wrestling-and-heavy-metal/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:00:19 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=23677 PART 1: A Brief Introduction There’s something to be said about heavy metal and pro wrestling. The mere mention of professional wrestling makes some people scoff and turn away, but so does metal. There is indeed a nice market for each of these forms of entertainment, and even a few subcultures (or sub-genres, if you […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/jonathans-top-30-of-2015/feed/ 0 23130 FESTIVAL SPECIAL: Tons Of Rock 2014, Day 3 (Halden, Norway) https://themetalobserver.com/festival-special-tons-of-rock-2014-day-3-halden-norway/ https://themetalobserver.com/festival-special-tons-of-rock-2014-day-3-halden-norway/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:40:18 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=10298 Tons Of Rock Day 3, June 21st 2014 Photos by Eivind Nakken   Saturday Scarred and bruised after last night’s meeting with the trident Tygers, Saturday is not off to a good start. Body and soul is aching, but it’s festival-time so after a hair of the dog that bit us we are climbing back to […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/festival-special-tons-of-rock-2014-day-3-halden-norway/feed/ 0 10298 FESTIVAL SPECIAL: Tons Of Rock 2014, Day 2 (Halden, Norway) https://themetalobserver.com/festival-special-tons-of-rock-2014-day-2-halden-norway/ https://themetalobserver.com/festival-special-tons-of-rock-2014-day-2-halden-norway/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:25:41 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=10219 Tons Of Rock Day 2, June 20th 2014 Photos by Eivind Nakken   Friday After last night’s feats of strength, Friday morning still looks alluring as a temperate sun looks down upon Halden. A visibly tired group of diehards, numbering perhaps 60 people, have encroached upon the tent-stage to witness the young Fusa-natives Reptilian demolish the dim […]

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