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Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain (pictured above) is known for his prowess behind the kit, but the skinsman is also pretty good at being a restaurateur. McBrain owns Rock N Roll Ribs in Coral Springs, Fla., and the establishment's ribs have been christened "Best Ribs 2012" by the Broward-Palm Beach New Times...

Filmmaker David Hall, who lensed a doc on Maryland Deathfest 7 and makes films based on full metal albums, has an interesting -- and initially terrifying -- history with metal! "When I was a kid, my best friend's dad scared me off metal with stories of Kiss eating feces off the floor and Ozzy Osbourne drinking buckets of communal spit and puppy blood," Hall told Noisecreep...

So many death metal bands employ medical terminology and jargon in their lyrics, because, well, the blast beat and the operating room are both pretty bloody, intense scenarios! San Diego's Pathology, featuring drummer Dave Astor, formerly of Cattle Decapitation and the Locust, are certainly mining the same lyrical source in their music...