A TMO Interview With Altair’s Luca Scalabrin
Italian power metallers Altair pushed the envelope recently with the progressively-tinged, but most importantly, excellent new album Descending: A Devilish Comedy. Riding the shockwave of success from that release, The Metal Observer thought this was a good time to catch up with bassist and main-man Luca Scalabrin to see how elated the atmosphere is in […]
Secret Steel – Power Metal 1: Genesis
Welcome to Secret Steel, the new project of The Metal Observer — Chapter I: “Power Metal 1: Genesis”
Intrinsic’s 30 Year Anniversary of Recording Debut
Legendary Power/Thrash Titans Reminisce on Anniversary of Recording Debut
Jonathan’s Top 30 of 2015
My general perspective on metal has always been through the lens of good vs. evil, and I’ve tended to get a good mix of both sides into my metal diet, and 2015 certainly delivered a fair share of both. As with any list of greatest albums of any particular category, individual perspective makes for an […]
Retro Spotlight: Ningen-Isu – Shurabayashi
Retro Spotlight: Nigen-Isu – Shurabayashi (2003)
Retro Spotlight: Buckethead – Colma
Retro Spotlight Buckethead – Colma
TMO’s Best Albums of 2014
You’ve waited with bated breath for 12 months (and a bit), but the moment of reckoning is finally here. Voted on by the one and only Brotherhood of ‘The Metal Observer,’ feast your eyes upon the top 20 albums of 2014!
“Blind Guardian is a metal band. Period.” – A TMO interview with Marcus Siepen: Part 1
The Blind Guardian guitarist talks about his band’s ambitious new album, Beyond The Red Mirror, and revisiting Imaginations From The Other Side twenty years on.
