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Where every player played during the 1994-95 NHL lockout: Boston

DEL: Jozef Stümpel (Kölner Haie) IHL (Russia): Alexei Kasatonov (K.K. C.S.K.A. Moscow) SuHL: Jamie Huscroft (Fresno Falcons) Liiga: Mariusz Czerkawski (Kiekko-Espoo), Ted Donato (TuTo Jääkiekko) & Mikko Mäkelä (Ilves) AHL: John Gruden (Providence Bruins), Blaine Lacher (Providence Bruins), Daniel Lacroix (Providence Bruins), Guy Larose (Providence Bruins), Alexander Moger (Providence Bruins), Grigorijs Panteļejevs (Providence Bruins), Dave Reid (Providence Bruins), Jeff Serowik (Providence Bruins) & Cam Stewart (Providence Bruins) Didn't Play: Craig Billington, Ray Bourque, Brett Harkins, Steve Heinze, Brent Hughes, Fred Knipscheer, Steve Leach, Glen Murray, Mats Näslund, Cam Neely, Adam Oates, Marc Potvin, Vincent Riendeau, Jon Rohloff, David Shaw, Bryan Smolinski & Don Sweeney

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Tuesday, March 2: Halford, “Crucible” [ENCORE]

The Today’s Metal Tune tumblr launched March 3, 2014.  To celebrate 7 years of metal, this week we are revisiting some favorites from our early days, showcasing memorable deep cuts from legendary and semi-legendary acts.  A huge THANK YOU to everyone who’s followed, liked, reblogged and commented over the years, there is still a lot more metal to come…

Resurrection was highly entertaining, albeit rather on the nose, and apparently by design: Rob Halford implied it at the time, but was explicitly clear years later, that the record was intended to signal to the members of Judas Priest that he was ready to come home.  But with his metal bonafides reestablished, and with Priest not immediately welcoming him back, the Metal God came into the second album under the Halford banner ready to make something more individual, as well as more of a band effort, and Crucible’s title track immediately paid off on both fronts.  Although “Crucible” was written by Halford and producer Roy Z., the track showed how locked-in the Halford band was with each other: every player had ample opportunity to shine, and each seized the moment, from Ray Riendeau’s jazzy bass groove to Bobby Jarzombek’s masterful double-kick and cymbal accents, and even though Patrick Lachman and Metal Mike Chlasciak didn’t have a chance to solo, their guitars charged with metallic fury. And even if Rob was still wishing he could return to Priest, he delivered some of his greatest vocals here, utilizing every aspect of his range and penning surprisingly sharp lyrics, to say nothing of that scorcher of a chorus.  The whole band sounded inspired, and “Crucible” was really one of the best metal songs of 2002, and if anything made a stronger case for Rob Halford’s relevance than the more traditionally minded Resurrection.

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Halford - Crucible

2002

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Halford: Resurrection (2000)

Metal-Is Records

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Hell's Last Survivor by Halford from the album Resurrection

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[180decibels]

Alex Rudinger performing the song "Biosphere" from the new all-star project Star Monarchies, which features a handful of amazing musicians who have gathered to produce a handful of amazing tracks. Those who have put in work include:

Ray Riendeau (Rob Halford, James Labrie) Bjorn Strid (Soilwork) Dan Tompkins (Tesseract) Rody Walker (Protest The Hero) Sean Daily (The Better Death) Mike Semesky (Ordinance) Ben Dixon (Session Artist) Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish) Derek Taylor (Stara Zagora) Danny Handler (The Better Death) Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, Of Legends, Periphery) Peter Wildoer (Darkane, James Labrie) Matthew Ward (Koro) Thomas Pulda (Anomaly)

[sevenringsandsixtyfeathers]

This is fucking SEXY

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Halford - Live Insurrection

2001

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Halford - Night Fall

2000

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Friday, October 2: Halford, “Sad Wings”

Even within the context of Resurrection, “Sad Wings” was really on the nose: it was one thing for Rob Halford to recommit himself to heavy metal, and another still to write a bunch of songs describing his history with the genre, but straight-up naming a song after Judas Priest’s legendary second album (and then leading the chorus with “Sad wings of destiny”) was just too much.  So in that respect it made sense to release it as a bonus track on Japanese pressings, even if the number was otherwise an entertaining banger that would’ve fit comfortably on Resurrection proper.  The Halford band was an awesome outfit from day one, with Roy Z.’s balanced production showcasing the immediate chemistry of all the players, especially Patrick Lachman, Metal Mike Chlasciak and Bobby Jarzombek (Ray Riendeau was a fine bassist in his own right, but he wouldn’t really get a chance to shine until Crucible).  Of course, this was all in service of the Metal God, who hadn’t sounded this hungry since Painkiller- even during Fight’s better moments he didn’t sound totally confident in what he was doing. Once the cheesiness of the title was put aside, “Sad Wings” was a killer song with an excellent hook and fiery delivery, and were it not for that title it would’ve easily ranked among Resurrection’s stronger moments.

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Where Every Player Played During The 1994-95 NHL Lockout: Boston

Didn't Play: Adam Oates, Ray Bourque, Cam Neely, Bryan Smolinski, Mats Näslund, Don Sweeney, Steve Heinze, Brent Hughes, Steve Leach, Jon Rohloff, Glen Murray, David Shaw, John Gruden, Fred Knipscheer, Mikko Mäkelä, Daniel Lacroix, Blaine Lacher & Vincent Riendeau

Liiga: Mariusz Czerkawski (Kiekko-Espoo) & Ted Donato (T.U.T.O. Jääkiekko)

AHL: Dave Reid (Providence Bruins) & Alexander Moger (Providence Bruins)

DEL: Jozef Stümpel (Kölner Haie)

Russian IHL: Alexei Kasatonov (K.K. C.S.K.A. Moscow)

SuHL: Jamie Huscroft (Fresno Falcons)

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1994-95 Boston Bruins Players By League During Lockout

Didn't Play: Adam Oates, Ray Bourque, Cam Neely, Bryan Smolinski, Mats Naslund, Don Sweeney, Steve Heinze, Brent Hughes, Steve Leach, Jon Rohloff, Glen Murray, David Shaw, Mikko Makela, Dan Lacroix, Craig Billington & Vincent Riendeau.

AHL: Dave Reid (Providence), Alexander Moger (Providence), John Gruden (Providence), Fred Knipscheer (Providence), Blaine Lacher (Providence) & Cam Stewart (Providence)

SM-Liiga: Mariusz Czerkawksi (Kiekko-Espoo Naiset) & Ted Donato (T.U.T.O. Jaakiekko)

DEL: Jozef Stumpel (Kolner Haie)

KHL: Alexei Kasatonov (K.K. C.S.K.A. Moscow)

SUHL: Jamie Huscroft (Fresno)