We’ve just published our list of the Most Anticipated Albums of 2012, which includes bands ranging from Aerosmith to Slayer and Converge to Van Halen. Now we’re asking you, what album are you most excited about that is supposedly coming out in 2012? Answer our poll below, and feel free to vote as many times as you’d like.
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Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has announced his candidacy for the President of the United States for this voting year. But, as we all know, any serious Presidential candidate needs an equally awesome running mate to be his Vice President. Below we’ve put together 10 options of rockers who’ve made political statements over the years and could be Blythe’s VP. Let us know who you want in office! Vote as many times as you want, and we’ll pass the winner’s name along to Randy. Remember, if you don’t vote, you don’t count!
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As part of our 2011 wrap-up, we have posted a photo gallery of every Revolver issue that was on newsstands this year (some are still available here). In our poll below, we want you to tell us what the Best Revolver Cover of 2011 was. Feel free to vote as many times as you want. The polls close at midnight EST on New Year’s Eve. Getcha pull!
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Revolver posted a poll earlier this month, asking our readers to vote on the Song of the Year for 2011, selecting from cuts by artists ranging from pop metallers Steel Panther to the artists behind Revolver’s Album of the Year, Korn. The turnout was unprecedented, as bands rallied their fans to help send their songs to No. 1. Below, you can watch videos for the ones that make up the Top 5 and read a quote from the artist behind the fan-picked Song of the Year—one that garnered hundreds of thousands of votes to push it to the top spot. Let us know what you think of the results in the comments.
5) Falling in Reverse, “The Drug in Me Is You”
4) Avenged Sevenfold, “Buried Alive”
3) Asking Alexandria, “Not the American Average”
2) Black Veil Brides, “The Legacy”
1) Alesana, “Circle VII: Sins of the Lion”
Alesana’s Shawn Milke on Being No. 1
“On behalf of Alesana, I would like to thank our fans for displaying their undying support in helping to make ‘Circle VII: Sins of the Lion,’ the sixth chapter of our Dante Alighieri–influenced concept record A Place Where The Sun Is Silent, the Song of the Year at Revolver magazine’s website. In this chapter, our protagonist, the Wanderer, plunges hundreds of feet below the Earth in an attempt to rescue the beautiful and haunting woman he has been chasing, the Temptress. He comes face to face with an unspeakable horror, the Fiend, as he finds himself submerged and trapped in a boiling sea of blood.
“It is an incredible honor to be recognized not only by our fans, but also by the staff at Revolver. It was already a surreal feeling to be included on a list of such talented musicians and songwriters, but to walk away crowned the winner is something for which we will be eternally grateful. A special thank you to Epitaph Records, The Artery Foundation, and our amazing team of loyal followers at the Alesana Army and Alesana Art.”
]]>Revolver‘s 100th issue hits newsstands on December 13 (but it’s available here right now), and, in addition to our list of the 100 Greatest Living Rock Stars, it contains our list of the 20 Best Albums of 2011. We’ve already announced that Korn have taken Album of the Year honors for their innovative and controversial electronic-music-infused LP, The Path of Totality, but you’ll have to read the issue to see the other 19 records that made the cut. In the meantime, we’re asking you to choose 2011′s Song of the Year. We’ve put together a list of the biggest and baddest songs in hard rock and heavy metal below (all of which were released as singles in 2011, even if some originally came out previously), all you have to do is pick the best. And feel free to vote as many times as you want–until the poll ends on Monday, December 19. So without further ado, getcha pull!
UPDATE: Find out the results here!
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Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s landmark Nevermind album. Not only did it take the world by storm with its raucous riffs and the pained vocals of Kurt Cobain (whom Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne remembered here) and upset Michael Jackson’s Dangerous for the No. 1 spot on Billboard, but it opened doors for hard rock and heavy music to be more personal. On Tuesday, the band will release a deluxe version of the album. Tell us here, what is the best song on Nevermind?
Today, August 13, is the 20th anniversary of the release of Metallica’s landmark self-titled fifth album. Although it faced some fierce competition (Natalie Cole, grunge), the “Black Album”—as it’s popularly known—would change heavy music as we know it, as it broke metal into the mainstream in a bigger way than any previous LP. It has since sold 30 million–plus copies worldwide and has been certified an astonishing 15 times platinum in the U.S. alone. It also contains some of Metallica’s biggest songs, including five singles that charted on Billboard‘s Hot 100, notably “Enter Sandman,” which reached No. 5. So, in the spirit of celebration and in anticipation of next month’s Big Four show, we want to know, what is your favorite song on Metallica?