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Vintage Spirit, Modern Fire: Mausoleum Gate Cast Their Spell

A review of Space, Rituals and Magick Label: Cruz Del Sur Music | Rating: 8/10 This is one of those albums that reminds you metal has always been bigger than strict definitions. Space, Rituals and Magick isn’t what most people would instantly tag as “metal,” but I’d be shocked if metalheads didn’t connect with it. […]

ClawCast January 2026: Meet the Bands

Hosted by Kaida Khaos every Saturday at 8PM EST on HeavyMetalBuzz.com or the Live365 app. HyperioN – Rewire, Rebuild A high-impact Italian progressive/metalcore force blending melody and machine-forged aggression. Their single “Rewire, Rebuild” comes from the sci-fi-themed Cybergenesis LP, all about cosmic invasion and the fight for humanity. More: Official Facebook Greyhawk – Ascension Seattle-based […]

2025: STEEL THROUGH THE STORM: A Year in Metal

2025: STEEL THROUGH THE STORM A Year in Metal

2025: Steel Through the Storm — A Year in Metal (HeavyMetalBuzz.com) Metal has never survived by accident. It survives because every generation chooses to carry it forward, whether through arena stages or basement shows, vinyl reissues or Bandcamp uploads. In 2025, heavy metal once again proved that it does not depend on a single sound, […]

In Memoriam: Ace Frehley — The Spaceman Who Made Kids Believe

In Memoriam: Ace Frehley — The Spaceman Who Made Kids Believe By Viktorea Venus • HeavyMetalBuzz.com • October 17, 2025 Yesterday, we lost a giant. Ace Frehley—founding lead guitarist of KISS, the silver-painted Spaceman who set arenas on fire and set a million kids on a path to six strings—passed away at 74 in New […]

What If Brad Gillis Had Done an Album with Ozzy Osbourne in the ’80s?

By Viktorea Venus · HeavyMetalBuzz.com Artistic silhouette inspired by Ozzy & Brad’s 1982 stage presence. The 1980s were a golden age for heavy metal, and few figures loomed larger than Ozzy Osbourne. After being fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy launched a solo career that would redefine him as a metal legend. Central to […]

1980: The Year Heavy Metal Took Over

This feature is just the beginning. Each month, we’ll journey deeper into the 1980s, year by year, revisiting the top 10 heavy metal songs that shaped the decade. From the birth of thrash to the rise of glam, HeavyMetalBuzz and Viktorea Venus will guide you through every riff, roar, and revolution that made the 80s […]

Walpurgis: The Dark Birth of War Pigs

Rare early session cover art from a “War Pigs” bootleg. By Viktorea Venus – HeavyMetalBuzz.com Before War Pigs became the ultimate metal protest anthem, it was something far darker, stranger, and dripping with occult imagery. It was called “Walpurgis.” Yeah, you heard me right. The Black Sabbath classic you know from Paranoid didn’t start out […]

What Ozzy Meant to Gen X Metalheads

By Viktorea Venus | HeavyMetalBuzz.com We didn’t discover Ozzy Osbourne—he discovered us. Generation X didn’t invent metal, but we inherited it in its rawest, most unfiltered form. And for us, Ozzy wasn’t just a rock star. He was a living, screaming, bat-biting embodiment of everything we loved and feared about growing up in a world […]

Is Heavy Metal Dead in North America? Viktorea Venus Investigates

Is heavy metal really dead in North America? It’s a question I get asked a lot. Usually by people who stopped listening after 1992. So let’s break it down. Not with nostalgia—but with numbers, facts, and some good old-fashioned metal attitude. Stadiums Still Burn If heavy metal was truly dead, nobody told the fans. In […]