Articles by Baz Anderson

Ozzy Osbourne was larger than life. He was larger than his genre, than his work, than anybody else. His absence creates a void that no one will ever fill. But he left behind a legacy that few artists in any medium could ever boast of, and we of Metal Storm's community put together some words to…

The story of Emperor is of a band who formed and gained first acclaim during the flash fire of the most controversial era of extreme metal, and through the relatively short span of seven years released four genre-defining albums that step by step took the band musically further from their beginnings...

What, did you think we were done? No, the 20th anniversary celebration continues in Part II, featuring many more of Metal Storm's talented contributors of the past, present, and, hopefully, future.

Perhaps unlike any other extreme metal band in the world; Enslaved have evolved spectacularly from their raw beginnings. Through two decades the Bergen-based band have meandered down the black metal path dabbling with Viking and progressive elements, arriving today as the rounded progressive extreme…

It is now long well-known that the Bloodstock Open Air festival is the UK's biggest and best heavy metal festival. From the first Bloodstock Indoor festival in 2001 to the first Bloodstock Open Air in 2005 to the current time, the Bloodstock festival has grown each year into the #1 weekend of the…

The second day of the festival kicked off with an early morning blasting from Benediction. Last on the main stage at Bloodstock in 2007, the local guys had a significantly more amount of people in front of the stage than five years ago, even with being the first band on. They sounded much better than…

The last day of the festival was a little cooler than the previous days, but just like the previous day a promising amount of people had emerged from the camp site to catch the opening band Kobra And The Lotus. These guys, and girl are a Canadian heavy metal group with a fair few amounts of modern influences.

Full review and pictures from Day 1 of the Bloodstock Open Air 2011. Bands include: Triptykon, Coroner, Kreator, Devin Townsend and W.A.S.P. --- Here we are for another year of Bloodstock Open Air madness. The Bloodstock festival continues to be the best metal festival the UK has to offer, with the…

Full review and pictures from Day 2 of the Bloodstock Open Air 2011. Bands include: Skeletonwitch, Grave Digger, Tarot, Finntroll, Ihsahn, Wintersun, Therion, Rhapsody Of Fire and Immortal --- There was some heavy rain after the headliners last night, but thankfully by the morning there was no mud and…

Full review and pictures from Day 3 of the Bloodstock Open Air 2011. Bands include: Hell, 1349, Primordial, Napalm Death, Hammerfall, Exodus, At The Gates, Morbid Angel and Motörhead --- A colder night than the previous one, but this time there was no rain. The sun started to come out yesterady…