WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE GUITARIST?

Hey Metalheads! Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a great week so far. This month I want to hear from you guys on your favorite guitarist. Each week I’ll chose two classic videos and please let me know in the comments below which one you enjoy the most.

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite video. Last week it was King Diamond – Helloween vs. Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon. Tough choice again but in the end I chose:

KING DIAMOND – HALLOWEEN

Here are this week’s choices:

DAVE MUSTAINE

VS.

JAMES HETFIELD

I look forward to reading your responses and let me know in the comments below who your favorite is and which lineup you like best. Also don’t forget to visit us The Metal Wire on Facebook and on Instagram (the_metal_wire). Have a METAL week! Horns up!

 

HELLOWEEN – HALLOWEEN – METAL REWIND

L to R (Top to bottom): Markus Grosskopf, Michael Weikath, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen

Happy Friday Metalheads!! Hope you had a great week! Even though Halloween was yesterday, let’s keep the spirit alive with a trip back to 1987 to the Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 album by German power metal band, Helloween for the track, Halloween.

The song that appears on the album is over 13 minutes long but was edited down to a little over 5 minutes for the music video which appeared in heavy rotation on MTV. This was the first Helloween album with vocalist Michael Kiske and is considered to be the album that launched Helloween to fame. The lineup for the Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 includes: Michael Kiske – vocals, Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath – guitars, Markus Grosskopf – bass and Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums. Sadly Ingo, who was fired from the band committed suicide in 1995, after years of battling mental illness.

While the band has undergone various lineup changes, they recently performed at Rock and Rio this past October along with former members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen.

Check out the original video below:

HALLOWEEN IS HERE!!!

Happy Halloween Metalheads!! Hope you all have a fantastic Halloween with lots of tricks and treats!! Just a few tracks to get you in the Halloween spirit.

KING DIAMOND – HALLOWEEN

MERCYFUL FATE – EVIL

SLAYER – BLACK MAGIC

EXODUS – BONDED BY BLOOD

What are some of your favorites? Let me know in the comments below! Have a festive Halloween!!

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VIDEO?

Hey Metalheads! Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a great week so far. This month I want to hear from you guys on your favorite Halloween video. Each week I’ll chose two classic videos and please let me know in the comments below which one you enjoy the most.

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite video. Last week it was Type O Negative – Black No. 1 vs. Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein. Tough choice again but in the end I chose:

TYPE O NEGATIVE – BLACK NO. 1

Here are this week’s video choices:

KING DIAMOND – HALLOWEEN

VS.

OZZY OSBOURNE – BARK AT THE MOON

I look forward to reading your responses and let me know in the comments below who your favorite is and which lineup you like best. Also don’t forget to visit us The Metal Wire on Facebook and on Instagram (the_metal_wire). Have a METAL week! Horns up!

 

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VIDEO?

Hey Metalheads! Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a great week so far. This month I want to hear from you guys on your favorite Halloween video. Each week I’ll chose two classic videos and please let me know in the comments below which one you enjoy the most.

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite video. Last week it was Danzig – Her Black Wings vs. The Misfits – Halloween & Halloween II. While I actually love both songs in the end I chose:

DANZIG – HER BLACK WINGS

Here are this week’s video choices:

TYPE O NEGATIVE – BLACK NO. 1

VS.

ALICE COOPER – FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN

I look forward to reading your responses and let me know in the comments below who your favorite is and which lineup you like best. Also don’t forget to visit us The Metal Wire on Facebook and on Instagram (the_metal_wire). Have a METAL week! Horns up!

 

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VIDEO?

Hey Metalheads! Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a great week so far. This month I want to hear from you guys on your favorite Halloween video. Each week I’ll chose two classic videos and please let me know in the comments below which one you enjoy the most.

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite video. Last week it was Laaz Rockit – Leatherface vs. Candlemass – Bewitched. I actually love both songs but in the end I chose:

CANDLEMASS – BEWITCHED

Here are this week’s video choices:

DANZIG – HER BLACK WINGS

VS.

THE MISFITS – HALLOWEEN & HALLOWEEN II

I look forward to reading your responses and let me know in the comments below who your favorite is and which lineup you like best. Also don’t forget to visit us The Metal Wire on Facebook and on Instagram (the_metal_wire). Have a METAL week! Horns up!

 

KING DIAMOND – FATAL PORTRAIT – HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween Metalheads!! Hope your day is filled with spooky treats and ghoulish activities. What better way to celebrate the day with a blog post from the one and only King Diamond. The album – FATAL PORTRAIT and the song – HALLOWEEN!!

Released in 1986, this is the first album by King Diamond after Mercyful Fate disbanded in 1983. While the album is not a conceptual album, five of the songs on the album form a short story (“The Candle”, “The Jonah”, “The Portrait”, “Dressed in White” and “Haunted”).  The narrator sees a face in every candle that he burns and this face speaks one word to him: “Jonah”.  He finds an old book, speaks a rhyme and frees the spirit from the candle. It’s the spirit of a little girl named Molly, who tells him her story that happened seven years before. Mrs. Jane kept her 4-year-old daughter Molly locked in the attic until she died. Mrs. Jane decides to paint Molly’s portrait and put it above the fireplace, so that she would be forever immortal.  Molly, however makes the portrait speak to her, so she would know about the pain she went through while in the attic. Mrs. Jane speaks a rhyme and burns the portrait. Now a free spirit, Molly returns to haunt her mother until she goes insane.

The album cover art by Thomas Holm and Torbjorn Jorgensen of Studio Dyzan depicts Molly had she been able to grow up. Holm and Jorgensen have done several covers for King Diamond and Mercyful Fate including “Melissa” , “Don’t Break the Oath” and “Abigail” to name a few. The lineup for Fatal Portrait is: King Diamond – vocals, Andy La Roque and Michael Denner – guitars, Timi Hansen – bass and Mikkey Dee – drums. 

Make it a safe and Happy Halloween and let’s start the “All Hallows Eve”‘celebration with King Diamond’s Halloween:

And of course the album that started it all – Fatal Portrait:

HELLOWEEN – HALLOWEEN – METAL REWIND

L to R (Top to bottom): Markus Grosskopf, Michael Weikath, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen

Photos courtesy of Wikipedia

Today we take a trip back to 1987 to the Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 album by German power metal band, Helloween for the track, Halloween.

The song that appears on the album is over 13 minutes long but was edited down to a little over 5 minutes for the music video which appeared in heavy rotation on MTV. This was the first Helloween album with vocalist Michael Kiske and is considered to be the album that launched Helloween to fame. The lineup for the Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 includes: Michael Kiske – vocals, Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath – guitars, Markus Grosskopf – bass and Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums. Sadly Ingo, who was fired from the band committed suicide in 1995, after years of battling mental illness.

While the band has undergone various lineup changes, they are currently working on a new album and a tour for 2019, including reuniting with Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen.

Check out the video below: