Black Sabbath
One of our collaborators Marek Steven is a lifer rocker and guitarist in bands including Invasion and his new heavy metal act Amulet. Knowing that Marek – like all metallers – is a massive fan of Sabbath, ’SUP arranged for a chat to take place with the mighty Bill Ward – drummer for Sabbath – to find out where it all began and maybe where it’s headed. (More …)
Cauldron
Toronto’s Cauldron truly deserve the most success from the public’s slowly rising interest in quality, real metal. Vocalist and bassist Jason Junop has been something of an underground metal icon for a number of years, due to his well-respected, now defunct band Goat Horn. (More …)
Occult Rock
There has been a connection between the occult and heavy metal ever since Black Sabbath first found that an evil atmosphere could enhance their heavy blues in the late ’60s. The ’70s continued this trend with various rumors about Jimmy Page, Blue Oyster Cult and others. During the ’80s Satanism and the occult was everywhere as extreme metal grew all over the globe. In recent years the heavy genres of music have been commercially dominated by over-produced and groove orientated crap. Atmospheric metal and various developments of hardcore have also been ubiquitous and very popular. As a result, a few progressive young musicians in different parts of the globe have independently looked back and deeply into the origins of heavy rock. These bands are genuine pioneers who have added more than a little of themselves into the mix too. (More …)
Saint Vitus
“Every time I’m on the street
People laugh and point at me
They talk about my length of hair
And the out of date clothes I wear
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Megadeth
In metal there are few more legendary bands than Megadeth. They slay. You don’t need the multitude of pop culture references in Beavis and Butthead or Bill and Ted to confirm this. One of the “Big Four” thrash acts, they were birthed in L.A. in 1983 by Dave Mustaine shortly after he was kicked out of Metallica for being too drunk and crazy (something he has seemingly spent a long time struggling with). (More …)
