A nostalgic collector’s reflection on Warlock, womanhood, vinyl, and the moment metal cracked open forever. There are moments in a metalhead’s life that don’t just stay with you — they brand themselves into your memory like a hot iron. For me, one of those moments happened in the most unlikely state of mind: bleary‑eyed, slightly wobbly, stumbling home after a long night of “lemonade” with friends. The sun wasn’t up yet, the birds weren’t even considering it, and my brain was

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There are bands that influenced metal. And then there are bands that rewrote its DNA. Helloween didn’t just help shape European power metal — they invented the blueprint, sharpened it, and launched it into the stratosphere with a grin, a scream, and a pumpkin raised high. For collectors, musicians, and lifelong metal devotees, Helloween isn’t just a band. They’re a movement. A mythology. A sonic uprising that proved metal could be fast, heavy, melodic, and defiantly joyful al

There are bands that helped shape metal. And then there are bands that carved their legacy into the genre with a bayonet. Sodom belongs to the latter. For seasoned metalheads, the Teutonic 4 — Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, and Tankard — are more than a cultural touchstone. They’re a lineage. A bloodline. A sonic declaration that Germany didn’t just join the global thrash movement… it detonated its own version of it. But among these giants, Sodom stands apart. Not because they