Live Wire

Published: Nov. 7, 2016, 6 a.m.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from White Swan, Hammerfall, Civil War, Burial in the Sky and Attila. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Anvil, Rush, Eagles of Death Metal, Monster Magnet, Mastodon, Mayhem, Metallica, SepticFlesh, Rex Brown, Judas Priest, Six Feet Under, Alcest, Alter Bridge, Sabaton and more. In the midst of the news, Chris gives updates on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for a comic book series and Jason Becker's forthcoming music project. An I Saw a Show segment has us discussing Target 7 (this week's Social Media Highlight), Raven Outlaw and the always entertaining Forever Town before we close out the show with a look at numbers 25 through 1 of Loudwire's Top 50 Live Rock and Metal Acts of All Time.