Heavy metal (fiend/friend?) Writer, frustrat(or), frustrat(ee), decorated U.S. Navy veteran, Husband(twice), father(three times), grandfather(of seven), FM radio veteran, Concertgoer, music collector, muscle car aficianado. Grown up since five. Child since 45.
Breaking news!! After almost three decades, Dave Mustaine will be playing with Metallica again on stage tonight in San Francisco for Metallica’s fourth and final intimate sold out show at […]
Last week ROLLING STONE magazine asked their readers to vote for their favorite metal bands. As predicted, they got tons of feedback. No poll they’ve ever conducted has racked up so […]
Metal guitar legend “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott‘s (PANTERA,DAMAGEPLAN) influence on the music community can never be fully estimated, but if the collection of artists and players at this year’s Dimebash is any indication, his […]
LACUNA COIL‘s new album, “Dark Adrenaline”, will be released on January 24 via Century Media Records. “Dark Adrenaline” track listing: 01. Trip The Darkness 02. Against You 03. Kill The Light 04. Give Me Something More […]
This is something I wrote the day Dime was killed and I haven’t shared it with many. I hope it helps us all remember what he gave to us all […]
The official lyric video for “Ghost Walking”, a brand new song from Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD, can be seen below. The track comes off the band’s new album, […]
A previously unreleased demo of a Metallica tune from the ‘Death Magnetic’ sessions is online! And yes, it beats the shit out of ‘Lulu’. Come hear ‘Hate Train’ inside. Metallica […]
The Smoot family and Slave Pit Inc. released a statement regarding the official cause of death of guitarist Cory Smoot. Cory had played the character of Flattus Maximus for over […]
According to band manager Nigel Hart, 2011 saw the beginning of a great new classic rock band formed from the remains of a host of other great bands. That band […]
“Flame Of The Tyrants”, the new video from Swedish metallers RAM, can be seen below. The song comes off the band’s third album, “Death”, which will be released on January 30, 2012 via Metal Blade Records. The […]
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