Following the April 17 death of Bruce Springsteen’s keyboardist Danny Federic, with whom the Boss had been rocking with for almost 40 years, Springsteen went into a tailspin of depression and rage, and decided to start listening to extreme metal as a way of coping with his unbalanced emotions.
Lacking experience in the genre and seeking [...]

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After months of press releases and promises, System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian has unleashed the first song by his new band Scars on Broadway, which also features System drummer John Dolmayan.
The tune, “They Say,” is pretty rockin’, but not exactly metal. It doesn’t sound that much like System, either. The track is driven [...]

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We’ll make any excuse to post a hot picture of Pamela Anderson. In this case, however, it’s totally relevant because she’s the ex-wife of both Tommy Lee and Kid Rock, who got a bit testy during Alicia Keys‘ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, resulting in Rock smacking Lee and Lee being escorted from [...]

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An excellent short documentary about Iraqi metal band Acrassicauda struggling to play shows and survive amidst the turmoil of their war-torn nation has been posted in three sections, each consisting of five to seven five-minute long chapters.
Here’s some of the promo copy about the program:
The Baghdad-based band Acrassicauda was formed in the last few years [...]

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Thrash metal veterans Slayer are hatching plans for their second Unholy Alliance tour, which will launch this fall and will feature three of four other bands, say sources close to the tour. However, no other groups have been announced.
Last year’s Unholy Alliance tour, one of the strongest metal bills of the year, featured Slayer, Lamb [...]

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