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Decibel Mag Previews METALION Book
Waaaay ahead of publication, Decibel profiles Metalion author Jon Kristiansen in its March 2009 issue about his upcoming Slayer Mag book:
"I mostly did everything...
HELLBENT FOR COOKING: Annick Giroux’s Cauchemar Hits the European Road
Canadian heavy/doom metal riff masters Cauchemar—the band fronted by Annick Giroux, author of Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook—announces its upcoming European tour. Encompassing...
WORD CUP 2016
Roots of Black Metal Rock ‘n’ Roll
The fluid, feral variety of black metal that begins with early records by Venom and Bathory.
Roots of 2018: The Year’s Best Metal Debuts | on SiriusXM
Join us as Roots wraps up the busy year 2018 with a recap of the strongest debut offerings of the year.
Van Halen IV
Like I've been saying for a while, the current Van Halen tour is not a reunion, it's a reunification between Roth and the Van...
WRC Rally Cup
Forty Tons of Steel + Fire
The Serpent Mother is a 168-foot, 40-ton sculpture of steel and fire that shoots a multicolored 50-foot pillar of flame from its cute little...
Wheels of Pure Fukkin’ Steel
Wheelchair-bound death metal survivor Jeff Becerra of Possessed, onstage in Europe 2007.
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Roots of Metal Live Albums | on SiriusXM
We ignite the satellite with peak live entries by Slayer and Pantera; extreme perfection by Morbid Angel and Emperor; and more recent entries by Entombed and Night Demon. Black Sabbath and Death also feature
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ROOTS of Interstellar Outer Space Metal | on SiriusXM
Look to the stars and listen for tracks by Gojira, Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Voivod, Blood Incantation, Satyricon, Iron Maiden, and more
Everybody Needs Some
Today is the release date for Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, my new book. The early reviews look good, and the book...
WE GOT POWER!: Matt Groening Meets Black Flag
Matt Groening signing a copy of the WE GOT POWER! book while comparing realities with hardcore punk pioneer Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag/CD6.
Matt...
Paul Stanley Doesn’t Just Paint His Face Any More
Paul Stanley of Kiss is going through his "blue-fauvist-whee-this-is-fun" period as an artist. It's fun to watch a creative spirit grow and learn --...
Who Are You? #7
Ah, the brotherly power of vodka. So James Hetfield, long before he became a reformed old codger, is on the left drunkenly pretending to...
TENNIS
Printer Proofs of Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce...
We just received wet proofs from the printer for Experiencing Nirvana, Grunge in Europe, 1989.
Terror: Snuffing Out Terror From Gothenburg
Thanks to recently-reactivated At the Gates drummer Adrian Erlandsson (also ex-Cradle of Filth) for posting three great demo songs recorded in two days in...
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