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Pantera and Down frontman Philip Anselmo and his horror-loving pal, true crime author Corey Mitchell, sure know how to throw a bash! The performance lineup for the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival was just unveiled and it includes Anselmo's own projects -- Philip H...

Miikka Skaffari, FilmMagic Philip Anselmo, legendary frontman of Pantera and Down, will release his career-first solo album, Walk Through Exits Only, on July 16 via his own Housecore Records. The album was produced by Anselmo and Michael Thompson, and recorded over the past couple of years at his New Orleans studio, Nodferatu's Lair, with his band The Illegals - Marzi Montazeri/guitar, and drummer

Horror fiend Phil Anselmo and his Housecore Records, along with crime author Corey Mitchell, will host the first-ever Housecore Horror Film Festival at Emo's in Austin, Texas from Oct. 25 through Oct. 27. The fest will combine extreme horror films and even more extreme heavy metal, with at least a dozen performances and 70 screenings of films that will have you looking under your bed at night and

Phil Anselmo has spoken out about former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell's murder many times over the years, and while he has said he doesn't like to dwell on the past, he still gets questioned about it. In a new chat, the singer said that police intel revealed that all the members of Pantera were targets of the crazed shooter who took Dime's life while he performed onstage in November 2004... R

"I was having a conversation online with Ill Bill and Vinnie Paz, nerding out on metal, arguing about which thrash album was our favorite, and why a certain band sucked... that kind of thing. So then it hit me. I was always a huge fan of Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists, and I thought to myself, 'Why hasn't anyone done a book like that for heavy metal...

It's hard to imagine Pantera/Down vocalist Phil Anselmo doing anything but fronting metal bands. But turns out that Anselmo, 44, had a handful of pretty terrible pre-fame job. While he loved his gig on a shrimp boat, but he hated washing dishes at a Chinese restaurant and being a busboy at an Italian restaurant...

In Part 1 of Noisecreep's interview with Phillip H. Anselmo (AKA, "The Hardest Working Man in Metal), we talked about Down's latest six-song masterstroke: Down IV: Part 1 The Purple EP. He also gave us the low-down on his upcoming solo album and shared with us some of his current sonic predilections (ie shit he's into right now)...

"There's this lingering anxiety, an actual true sickness," says Phil Anselmo about life in post-Katrina New Orleans. Just two weeks back Hurricane Isaac came and went, leaving entire neighborhoods water-logged and without lights, air-conditioning or clean water ...

This week, Down will finally be unleashing Down IV Part I - The Purple EP, their first slab of heavy metal greatness in five years. The 6-song EP is the first in a series of four EP's planned for release over the next year. Featuring Phil Anselmo (Pantera) on vocals, Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) on lead guitars, Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) on guitar, Jimmy Bowery (Eyehategod) on drums and

Noisecreep can't think of a better metal musician to write an autobiography than Phil Anselmo. The singer (Down, Pantera, Superjoint Ritual) has famously struggled with his share of addictions and personal tragedy. That's why we're totally excited for Mouth for War: Pantera, Pain, & Pride - Heavy Metal Highs, Drugged Out Lows, & The Battle for My Life, a new book the singer will be relea