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Topic: Metal and Hardcore

  

Lifelong Value of Your Commodities?

The New York Post yesterday covered the business model and practices of Britain-based Sanctuary Group, an investment firm that represents two of the heavy-metal bands performing as part of the Ozzfest; produces T-shirts, DVD's, and ...READ MORE

Questions about Metal Bandsaw

Metal Band Saws have been in the market for many years, it allow you to cut more accurate in metal with the standard illumination device on all of metal band saw, especially vertical and horizontal metal band saw. Contact me for ...READ MORE

What's in a Name, Baby?

A couple in Sweden are getting grief from the authorities in Stockholm for wanting to name their baby after the popular heavy metal band Metallica. Stories like this make me feel so much better about myself. Here I am, on a ...READ MORE

Kenny Lindquist

Kenny Lindquist - Kenny Iwunwa VMA winner Chris Brown is once again hard at work with his "Kiss Kiss" collaborator, T-Pain. The two recently teamed up for the video of Pain's new single "Freeze," from his Thr33 Ringz album, which ...READ MORE

Metallica's iPod-Friendly Jacket Is Darkly Ironic

There's a delightful irony in this: Metallica, long-term DRM advocates, iTunes hold-outs, and MP3 haters, are releasing a branded jacket that includes Skullcandy speakers and--horror of horrors--an iPod dock connector. The M4 jacket ...READ MORE

Taroue Brooks

Taroue Brooks Spears' public image was dealt more blows in early 2008, when she lost custody of her children, made several court appearances, and was placed on involuntary psychiatric hold two times in one month. Blackout nevertheless won several MTV-sponsored awards, including "Album of the Year" from the Europe Music Awards in November 2008. That same fall, the leadoff single from Spears' next record, "Womanizer," became her first number one single in nearly a decade. The full-length Circus arrived in December, featuring a mix of syrupy ballads and uptempo dance numbers that were designed to fuel Spears' comeback. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide READ MORE

Infographic of the Day: Curling Explained (FINALLY)

At last, someone makes sense out of the weirdest sport of the Winter Olympics.READ MORE

Gimme Sanctuary

Andy Taylor has built a music-industry powerhouse by doing what's best for his artists.READ MORE

Gimme Sanctuary

Andy Taylor has built a music-industry powerhouse by doing what's best for his artists.READ MORE

Dean Kelly

Dean Kelly Released in 1997, Whatever and Ever Amen was pure pop perfection -- easily one of the year's best releases and perhaps the best power pop release of the '90s. The band's songwriting and sound had improved even further, as evidenced by such gems as "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces," "Fair," "Kate," and "Battle of Who Could Care Less," plus their whimsical tribute to breakups, "Song for the Dumped." But it was the ballad "Brick" that broke the band commercially -- unlike the majority of their material, which was upbeat, the song contained melancholic music and vocals, as the lyrics told the story of a teenage couple who decides to get an abortion (it has been speculated that the tale was autobiographical for Folds). The single didn't hit until several months after the album was released, which meant that the band stayed on the road for well over a year, playing with such notables as Dave Matthews, Beck, and as part of the 1997 H.O.R.D.E. festival -- earning Whatever platinum status. READ MORE

Consultants Just Wanna Have Fun

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Kenny Iwunwa

Kenny Iwunwa That didn't happen -- yet. Instead, Dio and Appice left again, and Iommi replaced them by bringing back Tony Martin and adding drummer Bob Rondinelli. Cross Purposes (February 1994) was a modest seller, and, with Iommi apparently maintaining a Rolodex of all former members from which to pick and choose, the next album, Forbidden (June 1995), featured returning musicians Cozy Powell, Geoff Nichols, and Neil Murray, along with Iommi and Martin. The disc spent only one week in the British charts, suggesting that Black Sabbath finally had exhausted its commercial appeal, at least as a record seller. With that, the group followed the lead of the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, putting the most popular lineup of the band back together for a live album with a couple of new studio tracks on it. Recorded in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England, in December 1997, the two-CD set Reunion -- featuring all four of Black Sabbath's READ MORE

Music App Summit

Music, music app, tomato, tomahto? Seems so, lately. Artists from Metallica to Mariah Carey have created apps, offering insider information or employing voice-recognition software to rate users' singing ability (Mariah Carey-oke, ...READ MORE

Peder Seglund - Rock Band of The Year

Peder Seglund, Seglund PederREAD MORE

Friday Fun: How to Bake a Cake that's Horrifying, Un-P.C., and Hilarious

Apocalypse Cakes creates confections inspired by the most terrifying facets of our modern world.READ MORE

iPod Roadie

Shifting into (MP)3rd gear.READ MORE