Heavy Metal Music (album)

This article is about the 2013 Newsted album. For heavy metal albums, see Category:Heavy metal albums.

Heavy Metal Music
Studio album by
Newsted
ReleasedAugust 6, 2013
RecordedMarch−April 2013
GenreHeavy metal[1]
Length57:03
LabelChophouse
ProducerJason Newsted
Newsted chronology
Metal
(2013) 		Heavy Metal Music
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[3]
AllMusic[1]
Consequence of Sound[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
The Guardian[6]
Loudwire[7]
Rock Sound5/10[8]
The Skinny[9]

Heavy Metal Music is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Newsted.[10] It was released on August 6, 2013,[10] and is the only Newsted release to feature guitarist Mike Mushok who joined the band following their debut release EP, Metal (2013).[10] It was the band's only full-length release prior to bassist/vocalist Jason Newsted shutting down the project in early 2014,[11] though the band later reunited in 2023.

  1. ^ a b Heaney, Gregory. "Heavy Metal Music - Newsted". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Newsted - Heavy Metal Music". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  3. ^ Lyons, Todd. "Newsted - Heavy Metal Music Review". About.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Hadusek, John (August 6, 2013). "Album Review: Newsted - Heavy Metal Music". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  5. ^ Pratt, Greg (August 13, 2013). "Newstead - Heavy Metal Music". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  6. ^ Lawson, Dom (August 1, 2013). "Newsted: Heavy Metal Music – review". The Guardian. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  7. ^ Bowar, Chad (August 6, 2013). "Newsted, 'Heavy Metal Music'". Loudwire. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  8. ^ O'Connor, Sarah (July 27, 2013). "Newsted - Heavy Metal Music". Rock Sound. Freeway Press Inc.
  9. ^ Kaill, Gary (July 24, 2013). "Newsted – Heavy Metal Music". The Skinny. Radge Media. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c Hartmann, Graham (June 4, 2013). "Newsted Unveil Debut Album Title + Track List, Unleash New Song 'Heroic Dose'". Loudwire. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  11. ^ "JASON NEWSTED Has No Immediate Plans To Revive NEWSTED Band, Says MIKE MUSHOK". December 23, 2014.