Metal mayhem
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This is pretty darn cool: a clip of Metallica performing the song “Blackened” at a concert held in an ancient Roman ampitheater in Nimes, France. (Scroll down for the video.) Read more
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(Incidentally, that’s Robert Trujillo on bass, who’s now in Metallica.) Read more
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Here’s a clip I came across of Helmet performing “Wilma’s Rainbow” on the Jon Stewart show in the early ’90s. Read more
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It was five years ago this month that Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott was shot and killed onstage while performing with his post-Pantera band Damageplan. It’s no exaggeration to say that Pantera was probably, Metallica excepted, the biggest metal band of the ’90s. Their third album, Far Beyond Driven, debuted at number one on the Read more
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more about "Friday Metal: Suicidal Tendencies, “T…", posted with vodpod Read more
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From their fantastic new album The Great Misdirect: Read more
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Very sad news: metal legend Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery! Read more
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It doesn’t really get much more metal than this: Read more
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The Dutch band Textures clearly has some heavy Meshuggah influences, but I find their melodic aspects (which are more pronounced in their more recent material) make them a bit more accessible: Read more
A Thinking Reed 