Blog Tag - heavy metal

Guitar Hero Yngwie Malmsteen Talks Heavy Metal Legacy Ahead of Oct 5 Gig
We all know, and quite a few of us have even been, that teenager with a guitar constantly strapped across one shoulder, and dreams of being a...
R Post-Brexit Headbangers: Q&A with Politicized English Metalcore Band While She Sleeps Ahead of July 28 Yugong Yishan Gig
When you think of politicized, socially conscious protest music, what genres cross your mind? Some of us might immediately think of 60s folk, while...
R Megadeth to Rock Beijing's Socks Off at Tango, May 14
Ok Beijingers, get ready to grow out your hair and head bang to the mightiest of heavy metal riffs. Yes, to the delight of any and all rock-...
Lang Lang to Join Metallica for Beijing Show; Reprise of Grammy Performance?
Beijing Conservatory of Music graduate Lang Lang will reunite with unlikely collaborators Metallica when the latter comes to liberate local music...
Enter Sandstorm: After Bypassing it in 2013, Metallica Finally Books Beijing Gig
Headbangers the city over threw their horns in the air in hopes that rock gods Metallica, who played Shanghai in 2013 but skipped Beijing, will this...
The Scorpions to Rock Beijing like a Hurricane August 14
Eight years to the month after Beijing Boyce foresaw their arrival as part of Olympic revelry, German rock gods The Scorpions will play their first...
Will Iron Maiden Play Beijing in April 2016?
Will Eddie be the next major musical mascot to grace a Beijing stage? Iron Maiden's announcement of their upcoming 2016 The Book of Souls world tour...
DragonForce Set to Game of Thrones Rock Metal Shred Guitar Hero Beijing, Sep 4
Prepare for war, Beijing. DragonForce returns on September 4 to the Valley of the Damned Yugong Yishan, where dragons rule, in a sonic firestorm....
330 Fest: China's Largest Heavy Metal Festival is Shut Down by Police Over the Weekend
Festivals and concerts are apparently the theme of this season’s crackdowns as any sort of event that invites moderately large crowds is now at risk...
For Once, a Top Act Won't Bypass Beijing: The Iron Maidens, Yugong Yishan, June 18
Music coverage in Beijing can be depressing, as big names like Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz, and Metallica all divert to Shanghai, while we get ......
While the music buzz this summer has been about international musical acts coming to China, such as Metallica and Aerosmith to Shanghai, Pet Shop...