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Ozzy Osbourne shared what his greatest fear is during an episode of The Osbournespodcast. During a clip shared as a YouTube Short, Jack Osbourne asked the family to name what their greatest fears are. Ozzy went first, and declared rats as the thing he’s most afraid of. The man who bit the head off a bat (even though he allegedly thought it was fake) is terrified of rats, which are essentially just bats without wings. The Prince of Darkness quickly followed up his response with another fear — his wife and longtime manager Sharon Osbourne. Their daughter Kelly called him “such a dick” for the re...
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In the latest episode of the weekly Metallica Report podcast, James Hetfield confirmed he’s been writing new music during downtime between tours. Metallica‘s last concert took place last December and the band is gearing up for another series of dates this spring and summer. Over the last few months, Hetfield has kept busy. What James Hetfield Has Been Up To“The time off has been pretty fantastic and, at the same time, I miss playing with the guys,” Papa Het says on the podcast, “And I let them know, ‘Man, I miss jamming with you guys.'” “We’ve done a few things here and there,” he continues, s...
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Nita Strauss recently married her manager and drummer Josh Villalta, and they threw the perfect metal wedding. Loudwire had the privilege of speaking with the newlyweds less than a week after the wedding. They gave us the details behind the proposal, the planning, the guest list, wrestling legend Mick Foley’s role as their officiant, Alice Cooper‘s reading with his wife Sheryl and more. When + Where Was the Wedding?Strauss and Villalta married at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 4. Their wedding planner carried out their vision, “modern day Dracula,” perfectly, alt...
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Apple Music has completed its 10-day rollout of their 100 Best Albums list and it only features one metal album. Fortunately, there’s quite a lot of rock on the list to help ease the pain. As much as we all may be dismayed by the results, heavy metal being snubbed is something we’ve all grown accustomed to. It’s just something we must accept, whether it’s from our own institutions (the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) or mainstream music organizations ranging from the Grammys to tech companies. The One Metal AlbumOne silver lining is that Apple Music’s lone metal pick is an irrefutable classic — Me...
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Exodus and Slayer‘s Gary Holt credits a metal legend with teaching him how to play guitar — Kirk Hammett. Of course, both musicians have ties to Exodus and Hammett, at that time, wasn’t the legend he is now. Hammett was one of the co-founders of the thrash group in 1979, along with fellow guitarist Tim Agnello, drummer and then vocalist Tom Hunting and a few others. “Tim Agnello was the guitar player before I joined, but Exodus operated as a power trio, with Tom playing drums and singing for a while,” Holt said in a Loudwire episode of Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction. The guitarist added that he me...
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Summer Slaughter Tour founder Ash Avildsen (of Sumerian Records) has addressed the 2024 lineup backlash in a new interview, even revealing the triple co-headliners that were originally targeted for the comeback run. Earlier this year, Summer Slaughterteased their comeback after a five-year break. After much anticipation, they revealed the lineup, which features Veil of Maya and Brand of Sacrifice as co-headliners. The fan reaction to the lineup was mostly negative, with many criticizing the tour over its lack of death metal groups. The title of the MetalSucks article, in particular, read “Firs...
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Here are six big things that happened at Sonic Temple 2024. The four-day festival kicked off Thursday (May 16), and took place at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Slipknot, The Original Misfits, Disturbed and Pantera were the main headliners, but a ton of other huge rock and metal groups performed over the weekend as well, and there were quite a few collaborations and other cool things that happened. Whether you were there or not, keep reading to see some big things that happened that you might’ve missed. Falling in Reverse Members Burnt by PyroFalling in Reverse had to stop their set ...
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Slaughter to Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible has named the heaviest album of all time. Terrible and guitarist Jack Simmons guested on the Garza Podcast, which is hosted by Suicide Silence‘s Chris Garza. The interview aired a few months ago and a newly published pullout clip has put the focus back on the conversation and, in particular, the question about what is the heaviest album ever. At first, Terrible answers by naming a song — Suicide Silence’s “Unanswered” — and Simmons clarifies he’s talking about the deathcore icons’ 2007 debut, The Cleansing. The record is seen as one of the pillars of...
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At their headlining, festival-closing set at this year’s Sonic Temple, Slipknot played without founding percussionist Clown. Before the fourth of what turned out to be a 14 song set last night (May 19), Corey Taylor addressed the festival crowd and the obvious absence onstage which brought the nine-piece group down to eight. “Obviously we are missing one of our brothers,” Taylor said, revealing the reason for his bandmate’s absence. “Clown, yesterday, broke a tooth and had to have it removed. There’s an issue. He had to stay home for medical reasons. But he insisted that we come here and fucki...
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Joe Elliott released a short impassioned video after discovering that some Def Leppard fans had been scammed out of money by someone impersonating the singer online. The singer interrupted a demo recording session to plead with people to think carefully before assuming messages from out of the blue were real, and condemned the environment in which it’s happening more and more often. “A friend of mine just emailed me with another one of these ‘have you seen this one’ fake Joe Elliott emails, where somebody has successfully scammed money out of some of our fans,” he said in the clip below. READ ...
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