In a press conference held in New York’s Times Square, the three leaders of Korn — frontman Jonathan Davis, bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu and guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer — announced their efforts to help clean up the environment. Their greatest strides, for now, are being made by traveling on the Family Values tour in vehicles [...]

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When your motto used to be, “It’s a satanic drug thing, you wouldn’t understand” and you have a history of releasing discs with names like Tab… 25 and Dopes to Infinity, people aren’t gonna be too surprised to find out you’ve got a drug problem. But Monster Magnet frontman Dave Wyndorf seemingly kicked his [...]

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In 1989, BBC2 television aired a five-part music genre documentary series in the UK called “Arena.” One of the episodes, “Heavy Metal,” featured live footage from Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Napalm Death, Motörhead, Slayer and others.
The production features no narration, instead relying on interview commentary and concert clips to place the viewer in [...]

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The Big Apple might as well change its name to the Big Korn Cob. Okay, maybe that’s a big Korny, but tomorrow will be a pretty big day in New York for the forefathers of nu-metal.
First, the band will set up a Korn field in the middle of Times Square for a noon press conference, [...]

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Last week we heard from 3 Inches of Blood singer Cam Pipes about his obsession with Dungeons & Dragons. Now, for our Bang of the Week, guitarist Shane Clark speaks out about his obsession with Clutch and their video for “Electric Worry.”
I’m a big fan of Clutch and this powerful video was made for a [...]

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