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Metallica Wrap Orion Festival With Heavy-Duty Black Album Set | ARTICLE

The crowds were a little redder and a little more hoarse on Sunday at Orion Fest in Atlantic City, with a fair amount smelling as if they’d spent the night under the boardwalk. What they lacked in...
June 25, 2012 11:10 AM ET
Metallica Bring Thrash and Power to Opening Day at Orion | ARTICLE

The Arctic Monkeys deserve a medal for taking the pre-Metallica bullet on the first day of the Orion Music + More festival. While their set time immediately before the headlining hosts’ may have looked good on...
June 24, 2012 9:24 AM ET
Metallica Feel Confident on Eve of Orion Festival | ARTICLE

The terrain at Bader Field in Atlantic City reached sodden levels on Friday as Metallica made their final preparations for their Orion Music + More festival. The strains of the band sound-checking to "Creeping Death" blasted...
June 23, 2012 10:29 AM ET
Alice in Chains Rock Madison Square Garden | ARTICLE

One question loomed large before Friday’s Alice in Chains concert at Madison Square Garden: How would new singer William Duvall measure up to Layne Staley, the band’s original front man, who died in 2002? On Black...
September 27, 2010 6:45 PM ET
Santana Unveils New Covers Disc in Vegas | ARTICLE

Carlos Santana knows the power of a good guest vocalist: His 1999 album Supernatural, which paired the guitarist with a youthful cast of star singers, sold 28 million copies. His forthcoming Guitar Heaven (out September 21st) tweaks...
August 30, 2010 11:30 AM ET
Megadeth, Slayer Rip Through Vintage Albums Live | ARTICLE

At last night's American Carnage gig at New Jersey's Izod Center, thrash-metal mainstays Slayer and Megadeth tore through complete versions of some of their most beloved albums: Seasons in the Abyss and Rust in Peace, respectively. Unlike...
August 13, 2010 4:55 PM ET
Soundgarden Revisit Rarities at Reunion Show | ARTICLE

The Soundgarden fans who packed out the 1,400-capacity Vic Theatre in Chicago last night for the band's second reunion gig were not treated to the same, classic material-driven set the band performed in Seattle in April,...
August 6, 2010 1:07 PM ET
Faith No More Rock First New York Show in 12 Years | ARTICLE

Halfway through Faith No More's performance in Brooklyn on Friday, frontman Mike Patton implored the audience to turn around to watch the sun setting over the Manhattan skyline. He was met with a wave of disinterest, with...
July 5, 2010 4:14 PM ET
Chuck Berry Rocks His 149th Monthly Show at St. Louis Restaurant Blueberry Hill | ARTICLE

On Sunday, rock & roll pioneer Chuck Berry will turn 83. It's a respectable enough age for kicking up one's heels and taking it easy, but Berry's got a still-active touring schedule, and the duck-walking octogenarian still...
October 15, 2009 3:26 PM ET
Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Cannibal Corpse Whip Mayhem Fest Into Frenzy at St. Louis Stop | ARTICLE

"What is the name of this place?" demands Nergal, frontman of Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth, as he walks onstage. "St. Louis," Rolling Stone informs him. "What's up, St. Louis?" Nergal asks the crowd. We're curious...
July 23, 2009 3:35 PM ET
Michael Jackson Pepsi Ad Footage Raises Questions About Director's Role in Accident | ARTICLE

Following the release of footage of Michael Jackson's hair catching fire during an infamous 1984 Pepsi commercial shoot, new questions have been raised about assigning culpability in the 25-year-old incident. TMZ spoke with a Los Angeles...
July 17, 2009 12:12 PM ET
Pepsi Responds to Emergence of 1984 Jackson Ad Mishap Footage | ARTICLE

Yesterday, Us Weekly unearthed footage of Michael Jackson being severely burned while filming a 1984 Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles. Today, a representative for Pepsi told EW's Music Mix that the company had no...
July 16, 2009 4:04 PM ET
Alice in Chains "Add to a Legacy" on "Black Gives Way To Blue" | ARTICLE

The members of Alice in Chains aren't afraid to use the L-word. When examining the band's past and explaining where it's...
July 13, 2009 2:18 PM ET
Incubus Cover Prince, Collect Their Hits on "Monuments and Melodies" | ARTICLE

Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd isn't scared of releasing a greatest hits album, even if it shows his age. After all, he got into some of his favorite artists, like Elvis Costello and Leonard Cohen, through their greatest...
July 9, 2009 10:12 AM ET
Killswitch Engage Visit the Dark Side on June Album | ARTICLE

"This album will be the death of me," groans Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones as he sinks into a couch. The Massachusetts-based metal band has just finished work on its fourth album, and Jones is feeling a...
May 29, 2009 12:06 PM ET
Iggy Pop, Perry Farrell and Tom Morello Join a Huge Supergroup at "Road Recovery" Benefit | ARTICLE

"It's about putting the smack down, so we gonna put the smackdown," joked Boots Riley before Friday night's New York City benefit for Road Recovery, an organization that steers kids away from substance abuse by using the...
May 4, 2009 11:07 AM ET
Oops: "Guitar Hero: Metallica" Cover Art Misspells Lynyrd Skynyrd | ARTICLE

The cover has been unveiled for the anxiously awaited Guitar Hero: Metallica, and the artwork pumps up the contributions of all the bands not named Metallica featured in the game, like Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, Queen,...
February 17, 2009 1:26 PM ET
Slipknot Still Angry Over Battle With Game for Number One: "This Was Our Time" | ARTICLE

Slipknot, the Iowa-based nine-piece masked metal band entering its tenth year on the national stage, has just been announced as one of the headliners of Columbus, Ohio's Rock on the Range Festival. The third annual fest —...
February 13, 2009 1:36 PM ET
Dillinger Escape Plan Unload in New Jersey: Inside the Craziest Basement Show Ever | ARTICLE

The tour bus came to a stop on a residential block in New Brunswick, New Jersey, easily three times as long...
February 10, 2009 5:46 PM ET
Inside Lamb of God's "Wrath": Metal Band Unleash Straight-Up Thrash on New Album | ARTICLE

2008 was meant to be the year Virginia metal band Lamb of God learned the importance of being idle. After pumping out four studio albums since 2000 and filling the gaps with seemingly endless touring, the members...
January 26, 2009 2:21 PM ET