We’ll see a few return albums and a few debut full lengths here. The thing I like the most about this list is how varied it is in regards to the different styles of black metal. There really needs to be more fans like Steel Panther fans, more people like Arthur,and more acts like Steel Panther in this world.The quality of black metal releases definitely picked up at the later parts of the year. Steel Panther stopped the show, gave him a backstage pass, picks, brought him up on stage, for the remainder of the evening, and gave this guy the night of his life. The crowd 'body surfed' a guy in a wheelchair up to the stage. With all that said, Arthur stole the show. Amazing musicians in their own right, they should be proud. The House of Blues was on FIRE!!!! A big shout out to the opening act, Citizen Zero, they rocked the house as well. Where else are you going to get a kick ass Rock N' Roll show, and comedy show, for the price of admission? These guys take their music, and comedy, very serious, and they really nailed it tonight.

Many, many awesome things happened, besides the boobs!!! The guys were on point, all night. Hands down, the best Steel Panther show I have seen. They have also toured with Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard.

Their success led to several tours which included a main stage slot at UK's Download Festival in 2012, playing to a crowd of over 100,000 people. The album surpassed Megadeth's 'TH1RT3EN' and Lou Reed and Metallica's 'Lulu' to reach number one in the UK ITunes Rock chart and number 40 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with frost week sales of 12,000 copies in the US. Their second release, 'Balls Out' was released in 2011, featuring guest appearances from comedian Dane Cook and Nickleback's Chad Kroeger, amongst others. Their album went to number one in the Billboard Comedy Charts and number 98 on the US charts, It included the singles 'Death For All But Metal' and 'Community Property' which became cult hits. In 2009 their major debut was released, titled 'Feel the Steel' breaking into the Billboard charts and achieving Steel Panther significant success. In 2008, the band changed their name to Steel Panther, joining major label Republic Records (owned by Universal). The band released their first album, 'Hole Patrol' in 2003 independently, which gained some interest, with songs featured on TV shows. They performed at weekly nights, playing covers of hair metal classics, making fun of the 80s lifestyle and image of bands like Van Halen. The quartet, featuring 'Michael Starr' (Ralph Saenz, vocals), 'Stix Zadinia' (Darren Leader, drums), 'Lexxi Foxx' (Travis Haley, bass) and 'Satchel' (Russ Parrish), began performing on the Sunset Strip under the name of Metal Shop, gradually gaining popularity and notoriety.

Upcoming metal albums 2016