Music Features After a decade, bassist Fredrik Larsson rejoined HammerFall fold With a stabilized lineup, HammerFall hopes to release its next album in 2011 and attract new fans beyond traditional strongholds like Sweden and Germany.
Olympics Olympic hockey climbs to new levels of hype This month? The world is watching. Play fair, Vancouver.
Music Features Screamin' Demon makes magic with White Wizzard White Wizzard singer Wyatt Anderson has impeccable metal credentials.
Music Notes Backstage writer Mikala Taylor hits Web Some of us are merely casual music fans, while others have been writing record reviews since they were 12 years old.
Recordings Top 10 albums of 2009 - Lucas Aykroyd I had a great 2009, which may put me out of step with the Zeitgeist.
Recordings Top 10 albums of 2009 It wasn’t a particularly stellar year for music, but our critics managed to find a few things that didn’t suck.
Music Features Boxed sets hold musical delights What's hot this holiday season? Let our veteran reviewers be your guide to the best and brightest CD boxed sets.
Book Reviews World history lit by a Red sunset On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, three authors examine an often cruel political experiment that vanished overnight.