Ed Hackimer - This Day In Metal

A World Where Everyone Knows Her Name: An Interview with Russell Allen (Symphony X)

01 May 2026 3 min read Interviews

For over thirty years, Russell Allen has had one of the most powerful voices in heavy metal music. Through his work as frontman for progressive metal titans Symphony X, performances with Trans-Siberian Orchestra,

Like Living Dead, We'll Never Die: Children of Bodom's A Celebration of Music (with Antti and Janne Wirman)

11 Apr 2026 9 min read Interviews

How do you describe something that you never thought you’d see? That’s the task I’m faced with trying to explain the performances I witnessed on February 26th and 27th at

Two Guitars and a Bucket of Beers: Corrosion of Conformity's Good God/Baad Man

31 Mar 2026 7 min read Album Reviews

If you know the history of Corrosion of Conformity, you know that the band’s members aren’t exactly strangers to adversity. Over the last 44 years since forming in Raleigh, North Carolina,

And I'll Be There for Your Final Ride: An Interview with Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)

23 Mar 2026 4 min read Interviews

Call it cliché, but the namesake of the first record Zakk Wylde ever performed on back in 1988 with Ozzy Osbourne could very easily be used to define his illustrious career to this

Simmer Down Now, Lemme Show You What He's Working With: An Interview with Woody Weatherman (Corrosion of Conformity)

21 Mar 2026 4 min read Interviews

Throughout the long and storied history of American heavy metal legends Corrosion of Conformity’s existence, Woody Weatherman has been the only consistent member since the group started way back in 1982 in