The Metal Crypt - Editorials

Editorials - Random thoughts on metal, life, and whatever else we feel like talking about

Editorial	Author	Date
The Metal Crypt presents... 1986 Metal Albums	Luxi Lahtinen	January 2026
1985 - The Greatest Year For Metal?	Luxi Lahtinen	November 2025
"Legacy of a Madman" - In Memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)	Luxi Lahtinen	August 2025
40 Years of Speed, Aggression & Violence - Tribute to Haunting the Chapel by Slayer	Luxi Lahtinen	May 2024
The Eagle Still Flies High and Free - Tribute to Saxon	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2024
40 Years of Defenders of the Faith	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2024
Favourite Metal Albums Released in 1999	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2024
Underground Metal Special: Ecuador	Luxi Lahtinen	February 2024
1984 - The Greatest Year For Metal?	Luxi Lahtinen	January 2024
40 Years of Maximized Speed, Thrash, Aggression and Destruction - Tribute to DESTRUCTOR	Luxi Lahtinen	January 2024
Underground Metal Special: Nicaragua	Luxi Lahtinen	October 2023
Underground Metal Special: Uruguay	Luxi Lahtinen	August 2023
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part XII	Luxi Lahtinen	June 2023
Underground Metal Special: Paraguay	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2023
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part XI	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2023
Underground Metal Special: Bangladesh	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2023
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part X	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2023
Queenrÿche - Part I	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	April 2023
Underground Metal Special: Egypt	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2023
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part IX	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2023
20 Years in the Crypt	Sargon the Terrible	February 2023
Underground Metal Special: Peru	Luxi Lahtinen	February 2023
No Grace but Through Torment: Life and Times in the Trans Metal Community	Mjölnir	December 2022
Death Metal Supremacy: Tribute to Deicide's Legion and Demigod's Slumber of Sullen Eyes	Luxi Lahtinen	November 2022
"The nasty, the nastier..." - Tribute to Morbid Angel's Abominations of Desolation	Luxi Lahtinen	November 2022
"Blacker than Black" - 40th anniversary of Black Metal by Venom	Luxi Lahtinen	November 2022
Tuska 2022 Special	Luxi Lahtinen	July 2022
Underground Metal Special: Turkey	Luxi Lahtinen	July 2022
Metal Curmudgeons: Iron Maiden - Part III	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	June 2022
"The Monsters of Swedish Death Metal" - Tribute to Entombed's Left Hand Path (1990) and Clandestine (1991)	Luxi Lahtinen	June 2022
Underground Metal Special: South Africa	Luxi Lahtinen	June 2022
Underground Metal Special: Iceland	Luxi Lahtinen	May 2022
Underground Metal Special: South Korea	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2022
Underground Metal Special: Indonesia	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2022
Metal Curmudgeons: Iron Maiden - Part II	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	March 2022
Underground Metal Special: The Philippines	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2022
Underground Metal Special: Iran	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2022
Underground Metal Special: Bulgaria	Luxi Lahtinen	March 2022
Underground Metal Special: Chile	Luxi Lahtinen	February 2022
Metal Curmudgeons: Iron Maiden - Part I	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	February 2022
Underground Metal Special: Ukraine	Luxi Lahtinen	February 2022
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part VIII	Luxi Lahtinen	August 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part VII	Luxi Lahtinen	August 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part VI	Luxi Lahtinen	July 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part V	Luxi Lahtinen	July 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part IV	Luxi Lahtinen	May 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part III	Luxi Lahtinen	May 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part II	Luxi Lahtinen	May 2021
Soundtracks of My Youth - Part I	Luxi Lahtinen	April 2021
Global Posers: A Look into Bands with Fake Backgrounds	Mjölnir	April 2021
SUCCUMB TO DARK: The Oral History of Demigod - Part III	Hippo Taatila	October 2020
SUCCUMB TO DARK: The Oral History of Demigod - Part II	Hippo Taatila	September 2020
SUCCUMB TO DARK: The Oral History of Demigod - Part I	Hippo Taatila	August 2020
Metal Nazis	Sargon the Terrible	April 2019
The Dark Ages	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	November 2018
Mark Shelton - End of an Era	Sargon the Terrible	August 2018
10,000 Reviews and Counting...	Michel Renaud	July 2018
Metal Curmudgeons: How bad is Celtic Frost’s Cold Lake?	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	April 2018
Influential Metal Albums - Part VI	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	October 2017
Influential Metal Albums - Part V	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	October 2017
Influential Metal Albums - Part IV	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	September 2017
Influential Metal Albums - Part III	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	August 2017
Influential Metal Albums - Part II	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	July 2017
Influential Metal Albums - Part I	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	July 2017
October 1986 - Heavy Metal via the pages of Hit Parader magazine	MetalMike	November 2016
August 1986 - Heavy Metal via the pages of Hit Parader magazine	MetalMike	August 2016
July 1986 - Heavy Metal via the pages of Hit Parader magazine	MetalMike	July 2016
June 1986 - Heavy Metal via the pages of Hit Parader magazine	MetalMike	June 2016
May 1986: Heavy Metal 30 years ago this month through Hit Parader	MetalMike	May 2016
April 1986: Heavy Metal through the lens of American media 30 years ago	MetalMike	April 2016
Metal Curmudgeons: The Golden Age of Heavy Metal	MetalMike & Sargon the Terrible	August 2015
Heavy Metal Before the Internet - Part IV: The fun, like all good things, comes to an end	MetalMike	October 2014
Heavy Metal Before the Internet - Part III: The Birth of "MetalMike".	MetalMike	October 2014
Heavy Metal Before the Internet - Part II: The journey to Valhalla	MetalMike	October 2014
Heavy Metal Before the Internet - Part I: The Beginning...	MetalMike	September 2014
How to Get Your Promo Rejected	Sargon the Terrible	November 2011
10 Years and Counting...	Michel Renaud	September 2009
Sargon's Best of 2008	Sargon the Terrible	January 2009
Make the Logo Bigger	Sargon the Terrible	May 2008
Sargon's Best of 2007	Sargon the Terrible	January 2008
Molten Mozzarella & Metal	4th Horseman	February 2007
A Great Year for Metal	Sargon the Terrible	January 2007
Intromania	Christian Renner	April 2006
Metal Crypt Staff Top Picks of 2005	Michel Renaud	March 2006
Metal Only	Sargon the Terrible	May 2005
Open Letter To Paradise Lost	4th Horseman	February 2005
Metal Crypt Staff Top Picks of 2004	Michel Renaud	January 2005
Power……..Metal For The Sissies?	4th Horseman	September 2004
ev·o·lu·tion	Michel Renaud	April 2003
The "Sell-Out" Record Label Debate	Christian Renner	April 2003
The Underground and the Axis of Evil	Sargon the Terrible	March 2003
Music For White Guys	Sargon the Terrible	March 2003
Interactive as Hell - The Special Edition	Sargon the Terrible	March 2003
Priorities	Christian Renner	February 2003
Down With Space Wasters!	Michel Renaud	May 2002
My Tr00ly Evol Day	Christian Renner	August 2001
Enough Already!	Michel Renaud	March 2001
Heavy Metal vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	Stéphane Pelletier	April 2000