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British College First To Offer Heavy Metal Degree

Chad Bowar — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:58:06 +0000

Imagine getting college credit for studying Metallica and Iron Maiden and playing metal gigs. Sounds like something metalheads might dream up after a long night of partying, but a college in the U.K. is doing just that. Beginning this fall, New College Nottingham will offer a two-year degree in heavy metal, reports the Nottingham Post. Musician [...]

Senior Citizens In Trouble For Terrorizing Neighbors With the Power of Iron Maiden

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:58:26 +0000

Since the members of Iron Maiden are all well into their 50s it shouldn't be a big surprise that some fans of the seminal heavy metal band are now old enough to collect retirement benefits.

Instead it's what a 71-year-old woman from Stockholm, Sweden and her 81-year-old husband did with their Iron Maiden record collection that's noteworthy.

Inaugural 'Heavy Metal + Popular Culture International Conference' Coming to Ohio

Chad Childers — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:56:32 +0000

Colleges are for learning on a wide variety of subject matters and you can now include heavy metal among them as Bowling Green State University will host the first 'Heavy Metal and Popular Culture International Conference' next month. The event, which runs April 4-7, was founded by BGSU's Jeremy Wallach, Esther Clinton and Brian Hickam -- all metal fans who got the idea while attending similar heavy metal educational conferences in Europe.

Metal Version of Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' Surprisingly Rocks

Emerald Catron — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:29 +0000

This is the perfect way to relive those golden years back in the ’90s before you hardened your heart and started listening exclusively to death metal. It’s a metal guitar version of your 12-year-old self’s favorite song — ‘Barbie Girl’ by Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua. If you have to pretend you don’t know the words, [...]

Metal God Eric Calderone Rocks the 'Super Mario Bros.' Theme

Kyle Dowling — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:10:44 +0000

Just when we thought America’s favorite video game, ‘Super Mario Bros.,’ couldn’t get any better — enter YouTube’s 311Erock, aka rocker Eric Calderone. In this video, Eric shows us that not all metal riffs and/or tones are used for moshing, horror movies and making parents angry. Getting not only the theme song down perfectly but also [...]

Dude Gets Disability Benefits for His Addiction to Heavy Metal

Wes Glinsmann — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:55:00 +0000

A Swedish man was recently awarded unemployment benefits after getting his addiction to heavy metal music classified as a disability. 42-year-old Roger Tullgren is a self-described metal head who says he got hooked on the stuff when his older brother brought home a Black Sabbath album in 1971. Since then, his psychological addiction has led, [...]

'Balloon Boy' Is Back and Fronting a Heavy Metal Band

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:53:11 +0000

Remember the Balloon Boy? That would be Falcon Henne, who for a few moments had the nation on edge after his parents claimed the-then six-year-old had sailed away unaccompanied in a hot air balloon. When the balloon did land Falcon was nowhere to be found and it turned out he had been hiding in the [...]

Heavy Metal Fan Plays Scorching Megadeth Solo on iPhone

Donald Deane — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:05:39 +0000

Whatever your opinion of heavy metal god and legendary crankster Dave Mustaine, there's no denying that the dude can shred. But what's even more impressive is this amazing cover of Mustaine's solo from Megadeth's 'Holy Wars...The Punishment Due.' Oh, and did we mention that this heavy metal fan plays it on an iPhone?

Dethklok's 'Dethalbum III' in Stores This Tuesday! [VIDEO] NSFW

Critter — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:53:44 +0000

All hail the mighty and magnificent return of Dethklok! The new disk ‘Dethalbum III’ with be in stores and online next Tuesday (10-16-12) The wait is almost over! ‘Dethalbum III’ is the third full length release from Dethklok. If you’re unfamiliar with the band they’re a fictitious death metal group from the hit show Metalocalypse on [...]

Hooded Menace Frontman Talks 'Effigies of Evil,' the Future of Doom Metal + More

Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:00:32 +0000

Hooded Menace are one of modern metal’s leading doom bands. Having just conjured up their third full-length album, ‘Effigies of Evil,’ the band have released a must-hear album for fans of all heavy music. Without losing their edge or sacrificing their creative vision, ‘Effigies of Evil’ is arguably the band’s most accessible creation to date, [...]

James Lomenzo + Mark 'Abba' Abbattista Share How Metal Aided Their 'Amazing Race' Journey

Chad Childers — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:25:57 +0000

While viewers have yet to see even see the first episode of the new season of ‘The Amazing Race,’ rockers James LoMenzo and Mark ‘Abba’ Abbattista have completed their journey and now get to reflect on it with the rest of America. LoMenzo, a veteran of Megadeth, Black Label Society, and White Lion who is [...]

Anthrax's Scott Ian to Record Comedy Metal Album With Funnyman Brian Posehn

Chad Childers — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:32:36 +0000

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has enjoyed working with metal-loving comedian Brian Posehn on a couple of tracks in the past and those good times have led the metal icon to reportedly sign on for a full album with the comedian. Metalinjection.net reports Posehn revealed the collaboration during a visit to SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal studio. In [...]

Betty White's 'Off Their Rockers' Hilarious Metal Ring Tone Skit! [VIDEO]

Critter — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:03:32 +0000

Last night's episode of Betty White's 'Off Their Rockers' was absolutely hilarious! If you weren't tuned in you missed a great skit where this sweet little old grandma was at the mall or somewhere on her scooter. She starts to pass a man who's sitting on a bench and her cell phone rings. The ring tone was death metal! The guy's reaction was funny as hell!

Lamb Of God "Ghost Walking" [VIDEO]

Critter — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:32:51 +0000

Speaking for myself it's been a long wait to hear some new Lamb Of God, well the wait is finally over! The new disk "Resolution" will be in stores & online Tuesday, January 24th (01-24-12) The first single from the new C.D. "Ghost Walking" is a blistering, balls out, bombastic, full out sonic assault as only Lamb Of God can deliver! If this song represents the album "Resolution" & I have a feeling it does, what's to come early next year will be nothing short of an epic magnum opus! Rarely if ever does a metal band find any form of mainstream success while maintaining their core sound, Lamb Of God is an exception to that rule.

Recording Academy Restructures Grammys

Clay Miller — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:30:23 +0000

It’s going to be a little bit harder to win a Grammy, because fewer will be given out next year. The Recording Academy doesn’t like calling it “cutting,” but “restructuring.” This year there were Grammys given in 109 categories, but next year, it will be 78. Instead of seven pop awards, it will now [...]