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Mellotrons in Metal: 7 Great Songs Featuring the Strange Organ
Mellotrons in Metal: 7 Great Songs Featuring the Strange Organ
Mellotrons in Metal: 7 Great Songs Featuring the Strange Organ
Recently, my wife directed MELLODRAMA: The Mellotron Story, a documentary about a California inventor who unveiled an organ in 1956 that could replay the sounds of other instruments using magnetic tape. His idea was lifted by an employee and sold abroad, and soon the Mellotron caught fire and became a rock music staple, championed by everyone from the Beatles (on "Strawberry Fields Forever&qu
Corey Taylor Unveils More Comic Book Details, Opeth Tour Dates + More News
Corey Taylor Unveils More Comic Book Details, Opeth Tour Dates + More News
Corey Taylor Unveils More Comic Book Details, Opeth Tour Dates + More News
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor will release a four issue, comic book mini-series for House of Gold & Bones. Issue 1 will be released on April 17. Of the series, the frontman has said, "I wanted the music on the albums to represent the inside, the story in the story, the internal dialogue of the characters in that particular moment. Th...
Opeth Founder David Isberg Hospitalized in Sweden After Assault
Opeth Founder David Isberg Hospitalized in Sweden After Assault
Opeth Founder David Isberg Hospitalized in Sweden After Assault
Opeth founder David Isberg took to Facebook on Saturday (March 24) to update fans on his condition -- and it's not good. The Swedish metal singer is laid up in a Stockholm-area hospital after being assaulted on March 14. Authorities believe the brutal attack may have been connected with a brawl that began on a bus, Blabbermouth...
Heavy Metal Grammy Awards: Who Has Won, Who Should Have Won
Heavy Metal Grammy Awards: Who Has Won, Who Should Have Won
Heavy Metal Grammy Awards: Who Has Won, Who Should Have Won
"I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything" -- Eddie Vedder, accepting a Grammy for Pearl Jam's 'Spin the Black Circle,' 1996 I tend to take the Pearl Jam Attitude toward the Grammys, but it's still fun to sit back and watch people who know nothing about metal try and hand out awards for "Best Performance" every year...
Storm Corrosion Announce Album: Opeth and Porcupine Tree Frontmen Unite for New Project
Storm Corrosion Announce Album: Opeth and Porcupine Tree Frontmen Unite for New Project
Storm Corrosion Announce Album: Opeth and Porcupine Tree Frontmen Unite for New Project
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt and Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson have teamed up in a new project they've dubbed Storm Corrosion. The prog-rock stars will release their self-titled debut album on April 24 via Roadrunner Records. Åkerfeldt and Wilson have been friends since the late '90s, when Wilson co-produced Opeth's revered 'Blackwater Park' album. Over the y...
Top 11 Metal Videos of 2011
Ah, how we miss the good ol' days when we would wait for MTV's 'Headbangers Ball' to play our favorite Testament and Krokus videos. There was something about the anticipation that made those Saturday nights truly special. These days, all it takes is a couple of keystrokes and you can find just about any metal clip you're looking for on the Internet...

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