Joe Daly - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Joe Daly is a freelance writer and photographer who regularly contributes to a wide range of outlets including Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Men's Health, Bass Player and numerous others. He often appears on podcasts and has provided on air commentary for the BBC and other global news outlets. Based in San Diego, California, He has spent time with an interviewed artists from all genres of music, including Black Sabbath, Metallica, Public Enemy, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Marilyn Manson and others and his features regularly appear in print outlets in both the US and UK. A former attorney, Joe began his career writing band biographies for record labels before taking on freelance gig reviews and eventually securing a position as a monthly contributor to Metal Hammer, where he has published several acclaimed cover stories, interviews and countless album and gig reviews. Joe has also served as a freelance live photographer and his photos have been used by bands, magazines, venues and corporate sponsors. Outside of music, he's passionate about rescuing dogs, hockey and fitness.

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• "Skeletá is Ghost at their most confident, flamboyant and defiant." Tobias Forge's Satanic Swedes have made the biggest, most joyous and sweetest album of their career

  By Joe Daly Verified| Louder Verified In January 2022, two months before Impera had even reached the world’s ears, Ghost founder and frontman Tobias Forge confided to Metal Hammer that he already had its successor mapped out, though demurring on details. That path has now become clear – Skeletá is Ghost at their most confident, flamboyant and defiant. If Impera was the band’s ascension into the stratosphere, their latest collection finds them looking down from above, unconcerned with whether the world can keep up.

  By Joe Daly Verified · Louder

  Apr. 11, 2025

• “You couldn’t put a bigger band in a smaller room”: The story of the greatest Metallica live album you’ve (probably) never listened to

  By Joe Daly Verified| Louder Verified It’s not their most famous gig, but it easily ranks as one of their coolest. On June 12, 2008, Metallica played one of the smallest shows of their career: a secret event in a basement beneath Grimey’s New And Preloved Music in Nashville. No pyro, no giant stage, no thousands-strong crowd – just metal’s biggest band crammed into a low-ceilinged sweatbox.

  By Joe Daly Verified · Louder

  Feb. 05, 2025

• “You couldn’t put a bigger band in a smaller room”: The story of the greatest Metallica live album you’ve (probably) never listened to

  By Joe Daly Verified| Flipboard@ End of an Era: TGI Fridays Restaurants Closing Their Doors Across AmericaAt TGI Fridays, their slogan is, "In here, it's always Friday." But Fridays are running out, because there are less locations of the chain than ever, …

  By Joe Daly Verified · Flipboard

  Feb. 05, 2025

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