Heavy Metal Nomad
@rjohnsonrock.bsky.social
All things rock n' roll, heavy metal, records, music criticism and travel. Sometimes I talk on the radio.
www.heavymetalnomad.com
www.heavymetalnomad.com
Obviously not metal, but sad to hear of the passing of Sly Stone. I don't have all of his records, but the ones I do have are all total bangers. RIP, Sly.
June 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Obviously not metal, but sad to hear of the passing of Sly Stone. I don't have all of his records, but the ones I do have are all total bangers. RIP, Sly.
Nice is nice. Home for the month of March.
March 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Nice is nice. Home for the month of March.
Crushing my 2nd café au lait of the day on the shores of the Mediterranean. Bonjour from Nice, our last destination on this particular European jaunt. Home for the next month.
March 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Crushing my 2nd café au lait of the day on the shores of the Mediterranean. Bonjour from Nice, our last destination on this particular European jaunt. Home for the next month.
Last 2 days in Seville. Our new friend Enrique served us excellent crepes for brunch and told me my t-shirt was kick-ass and that he loved Black Sabbath too. We both agreed Sabotage was their best album. When we left he threw me the horns and said “Keep on rockin’, man!”
Metalheads are everywhere. 🤘
Metalheads are everywhere. 🤘
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last 2 days in Seville. Our new friend Enrique served us excellent crepes for brunch and told me my t-shirt was kick-ass and that he loved Black Sabbath too. We both agreed Sabotage was their best album. When we left he threw me the horns and said “Keep on rockin’, man!”
Metalheads are everywhere. 🤘
Metalheads are everywhere. 🤘
Happy 54th birthday to Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe. Photo taken by me in Mansfield, MA in 2019.
February 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Happy 54th birthday to Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe. Photo taken by me in Mansfield, MA in 2019.
Love Star Wars, but never been a fan of the prequels. Still it was cool visiting the Plaza De Espania in Seville today, where they filmed some scenes for Attack Of The Clones.
February 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Love Star Wars, but never been a fan of the prequels. Still it was cool visiting the Plaza De Espania in Seville today, where they filmed some scenes for Attack Of The Clones.
Out and about in Porto, Portugal.
January 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Out and about in Porto, Portugal.
Happy 72nd birthday to longtime Saxon drummer Nigel Glocker, who first joined the band in '81. Photo taken by me at Aura in Portland, Maine in 2017.
January 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy 72nd birthday to longtime Saxon drummer Nigel Glocker, who first joined the band in '81. Photo taken by me at Aura in Portland, Maine in 2017.
Moonspell is perhaps the biggest and best-known Portuguese metal band, and their 1996 album Irreligious is well regarded by fans of gothic metal. Thanks to Louie Louie Records in Lisbon for this new addition to my collection. 🤘
January 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Moonspell is perhaps the biggest and best-known Portuguese metal band, and their 1996 album Irreligious is well regarded by fans of gothic metal. Thanks to Louie Louie Records in Lisbon for this new addition to my collection. 🤘
Great to be back in Europe. Loving Lisbon so far.
January 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great to be back in Europe. Loving Lisbon so far.
This was really good.
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This was really good.
I was lucky enough to finally snag a vinyl copy at Bengan Records while visiting the band's hometown of Gothenburg in August. 🤘
November 14, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I was lucky enough to finally snag a vinyl copy at Bengan Records while visiting the band's hometown of Gothenburg in August. 🤘
Turns out I do remember how to radio. After a year in Europe, I'm back on the air middays 10am - 3pm EST on 106.3 The Bone in beautiful Portland ME. Stream it live: www.1063thebone.com
September 16, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Turns out I do remember how to radio. After a year in Europe, I'm back on the air middays 10am - 3pm EST on 106.3 The Bone in beautiful Portland ME. Stream it live: www.1063thebone.com
Sign on the door at Sound Pollution Records in Stockholm, Sweden.
August 14, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Sign on the door at Sound Pollution Records in Stockholm, Sweden.
Happy 64th birthday to Denis “Snake” Bélanger, lead vocalist and lyricist for Canadian sci-fi thrashers Voivod. Photo taken by me at Geno’s Rock Club in Portland ME in April 2019.
August 9, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Happy 64th birthday to Denis “Snake” Bélanger, lead vocalist and lyricist for Canadian sci-fi thrashers Voivod. Photo taken by me at Geno’s Rock Club in Portland ME in April 2019.
Excellent news, but why no Overkill on the one New England date??
July 30, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Excellent news, but why no Overkill on the one New England date??
Happy 72nd birthday to John Segall, aka Jay Jay French, guitarist and founding member of Twisted Sister. Blurry photo taken by me from the side of the stage at the Heavy Montreal festival in 2014.
July 20, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Happy 72nd birthday to John Segall, aka Jay Jay French, guitarist and founding member of Twisted Sister. Blurry photo taken by me from the side of the stage at the Heavy Montreal festival in 2014.
From our recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia. The locals know these as The Jesuit Steps. But to Game Of Thrones fans, these are “The Shame Steps,” where Cersei Lannister was forced to do her walk of atonement. Thankfully, I kept my clothes on and nobody threw sh*t at us.
June 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
From our recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia. The locals know these as The Jesuit Steps. But to Game Of Thrones fans, these are “The Shame Steps,” where Cersei Lannister was forced to do her walk of atonement. Thankfully, I kept my clothes on and nobody threw sh*t at us.
Happy 60th birthday to Kerry King of Slayer, one of the greatest thrash metal guitarists of all time. Photo taken by me at the Xfinity center in Mansfield, MA in 2019.
June 3, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Happy 60th birthday to Kerry King of Slayer, one of the greatest thrash metal guitarists of all time. Photo taken by me at the Xfinity center in Mansfield, MA in 2019.
Happy 61st birthday to Michel "Away" Langevin, drummer for Voivod since the band formed in 1982. Here's me and Away at Geno's Rock Club in Portland, ME in 2019.
May 30, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Happy 61st birthday to Michel "Away" Langevin, drummer for Voivod since the band formed in 1982. Here's me and Away at Geno's Rock Club in Portland, ME in 2019.
Happy 57th birthday to Pepper Keenan, guitarist and vocalist for Corrosion Of Conformity. Photo of me and Pepper at the State Theater in Portland, Maine in 2016.
May 8, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Happy 57th birthday to Pepper Keenan, guitarist and vocalist for Corrosion Of Conformity. Photo of me and Pepper at the State Theater in Portland, Maine in 2016.
Don’t know why people think this is so hard to locate. I had no trouble finding it.
April 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Don’t know why people think this is so hard to locate. I had no trouble finding it.
Spent Easter weekend with friends on the island of Vis, just a 2 hour ferry ride off the coast of Split. Apparently, the second Mama Mia movie was shot here? Even though it’s set in Greece I guess? Who knows, never saw it. Anyway, it was lovely. Yes, there are a gazillion cats here too.
April 2, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Spent Easter weekend with friends on the island of Vis, just a 2 hour ferry ride off the coast of Split. Apparently, the second Mama Mia movie was shot here? Even though it’s set in Greece I guess? Who knows, never saw it. Anyway, it was lovely. Yes, there are a gazillion cats here too.
Happy birthday to Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. Photo taken by me at the Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal in 2014.
March 15, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Happy birthday to Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. Photo taken by me at the Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal in 2014.