George Marino, mastering engineer who worked on projects for Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Bon Jovi has died. Marino battled lung cancer for a year.
	Some of the legendary albums Marino worked on includes Metallica's black album and Appetite for Destruction...
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Do a Google search for "Rick Santorum declares war on heavy metal" and you're bound to get dozens, if not hundreds, of hits, as a satirical article posted last week worms its way securely into the blogosphere. Appearing originally at tryannyoftradition...
W.A.S.P. have been together for 29 years, but that hasn't stopped them from embark on their '30 Years of Thunder' tour. The band played its first show ever on Sept. 21, 1982, at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The band has crossed the pond to launch the '30 Years of Thunder' anniversary trek, which started in the United Kingdom and will traverse the world...
Matt Fox might not be a household name, but his influence on modern metal is irrefutable. Shai Hulud, the group he formed in 1995, was one of the first acts to successfully merge metal and hardcore, inspiring not only bands to form, but entire scenes...
W.A.S.P. abruptly canceled Thursday night's show at the Grammercy Theater in New York City because of an alleged scam the club promoter tried to pull on the band's fans. Apparently, the venue sold 50 VIP tickets to the show for $50 (twice the normal admission price) to fans who wished to attend a meet and greet with the band...
Being in a working hard rock band without the muscle of a label behind you is a grind, and few people know that better than VTT. The New Jersey quartet formed in 2005, but the band's members are veterans of the music scene there. Lead by guitarist Emir Erkal, VTT have been slugging it out on the East Coast club circuit for the past few years, and things are finally beginning to pay off for them..
It's the end of another year, best-of and top 10 lists abound! You know you know best (certainly better than that bozo), and as far as you're concerned every opinion, save your own, is little more than noxious proof of the existence of the jerk from whence it came...