Metal Music

For the first time in music history, "The Big Four" of heavy metal including Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, will perform onstage together in a hardcore collaboration giving millions of metal fans an early Christmas present. On Slayer's website, Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich had this to say of the historic announcement:"Who would have thought that more than 25 years after its inception, thrash metal's big 4 would not only still be...  

Listeners of 98.9 the Rock love their radio station. About 2,800 of them filled the Midland theater on Friday for the station’s annual Twisted Christmas party. The capacity attendance was attributable less to the bill than to the allegiance many people have with the hard rock station.  

"Wow ... again?" reads the note at the top of the News Headlines page on Metallica [ tickets ]'s website. Earlier this month, the rockers were nominated for yet another Grammy Award--a win would bring their total up to an even 10.The band's news statement went on to say, "It is an honor to be included with our fellow nominees Alice In Chains, AC/DC, Linkin Park [ tickets ], and Nickleback [ tickets ]." This year, NARAS has counted the track...  

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "We were honored to participate in the two-night series of concerts held in October at Madison Square Garden in New York to benefit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  

Are local rockers are in mass exodus? Both Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Metallica's Kirk Hammett have sold their surprisingly tame Bay Area cribs. Hammet's Pac Heights mansion has been on the market since 2005 and sold for nearly $9 million, while Armstrong's Oakland hills home sold for $4.8 within months its September listing. Each comes with a private recording studio, of course. Roadies not included. Check out these pics of Hammet's...  

Sweat, spit, fire and lasers. Metallica brought heavy metal's four key elements to Las Vegas Saturday night in an ear-splitting shredfest that left the sold-out crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events Center deaf and hoarse. Their two-hour performance made one thing perfectly clear: Metallica is back -- and they know how to bring the heavy. The band's set list seemed to acknowledge a hard truth: The metal giants have been in an artistic rut since...  

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Mirror.co.uk'Band Hero' tops 'LEGO Rock Band'Macon TelegraphWarner Bros. and Harmonix released “LEGO Rock Band.” Both games feature Top 40 hits and pop music personalities, but the games are very different. ...Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3), $18.67CNET NewsReview: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' _ clean rockThe Associated PressReview: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' _ clean rockNPRHuffington Post (blog) -Fort Worth Star Telegram -Starpulse...