Subject: Rob Halford

• Top Ten Metal Albums of 2008

  By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Good thing there were so many awesome records available to serve as a soundtrack for exactly that kind of behavior. The ten discs below are just the tip of a very big, very heavy iceberg.

  January 1, 2009

• Judas Priest plods through history

  August 27, 2008

• Flowing bodily fluids and a surreal sort of evil

  July 5, 2006

• The Black Metal Arts

  This town has one of the most thriving metal scenes in the world. Local faves Ludicra offer tips on how to cash in on that action.

  March 16, 2005

• Hot Dark Metal Revival

  Forget Black Sabbath. Don't even mention The Darkness. Dirty Power will lead the hard rock revolution to come.

  November 10, 2004

• Metal as Anything

  Ozzfest's success is a testament to the enduring popularity of the music

  July 28, 2004

• House Of Tudor

  Roxie benefit documentaries, electro-punk Bitches, and a Tribute to tribute bands

  April 24, 2002

• Metal Meltdown

  Marky Mark becomes a rock star, but he doesn't get to enjoy it

  September 5, 2001

• riff raff

  Take a Really Deep Breath

  August 27, 1997

• Riff Raff

  August 6, 1997

• Recordings

  May 7, 1997

• Slap Shots

  January 8, 1997

• Will the Real Ronnie James Dio Please Stand Up and Shout?

  Devilish: Heaven & Hell​With the possible exception of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Ronnie James Dio is probably the greatest heavy metal singer of all time. Dio's a bit of an anomaly to metal's usual Satanic shtick--he's an Italian-American Roman Catholic--though that hasn't stopped him from recording and touring with the members of Black Sabbath as Heaven and Hell, who play the Warfield tonight. Nor has it prevented him from writing tunes like "Lady Evil" and "Heaven and Hell." Dio's high

  August 10, 2009