“War Pigs”, live 1970

Note the different lyrics from the version on the “Paranoid” album.

Some may not say Cheap Trick is heavy metal and sure, they aren’t Deicide. But without Cheap Trick a lot of metal, especially the glam/hair stuff, wouldn’t exist.

Big fat tires and everything!

Kashmir

Some would say the term “heavy metal” came from Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild”….

Sammy Hagar’s “Heavy Metal”, from the most excellent cult classic film, “Heavy Metal”

Pass the Plutonium Nyborg….

I get an email saying that Ignitor is now following me on Twitter. OK… who the heck is that?

A little Google and I find this video for “Construct of Destruction”.

As soon as I see and hear the singer it’s like… oh shit! That’s Jason McMaster! Bad ass.

And so, they get a Sunday Metal entry. 🙂

Looks like they’re finishing up a new album. Preview here.

Tony Iommi and Phil Anselmo, together on “Time Is Mine”

A collaboration between Tony Iommi and Peter Steele, “Just Say No To Love”

A little story about where the song came from.

High on Fire, “Rumors of War”