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Metal Martyr

August 11th, 2008

Metallica North American Tour Dates

Looks as if Lamb Of God either thought it would be a cool opportunity to have a great time with Metallica and/or rake in some cash (Can’t blame them really), or the source that told us all that they turned down the tour was full of shit. Either way, it doesn’t really matter. Things can […]

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July 29th, 2008

The Scrap Metal Report 1st Edition 7/29

Metal Shavings will now be called “The Scrap Metal Report” because I think it sounds cooler and I run this show so I can do that kind of stuff. I’ll come up with a logo later. If you’re not familiar with Metal Shavings, it’s basically a breakdown of news events in metal compiled into a […]

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June 17th, 2008

Testament Win Album Of The Year At Golden Gods Awards.

Testament won the Metal Album Of The Year Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Um…we’re not even half way through the year and there is a plethora of other great shit coming out the second half of 2008.
But anyway, that’s cool and good for them because The Formation Of Damnation is a […]

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April 9th, 2008

Metal Shavings 4/9

Off to a late start tonight. Here is some significant metal news of the day. I’m linking to News from Blabbermouth.net for the most part.

It looks like Down will be joining Metallica and The Sword on the
European Tour this summer
Metal Hammer Magazine has announced their Metal Gods Nominees here
Celtic Frost is pretty much done […]

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February 1st, 2008

Lay It To Rest Already!

Damn, it’s been over three years and every other day we are still seeing news about Dimebag’s death and Rita Haney bitchin about Phil Anselmo and trying to point fingers for his murder. Enough of all this “He Said-She Said” BullShit already. You can call Phil what you want, you can blame anyone you please […]

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January 7th, 2008

Go Hang With Jamey Jasta Feb 20TH In Fords, NJ.

From Hatebreed’s Myspace Bulletin:
Jamey Jasta of HATEBREED and KINGDOM OF SORROW will take part in a signing session at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey on Wednesday, February 20 at 7 p.m.
For more information, visit the Vintage Vinyl web site at link textthis location.
KINGDOM OF SORROW, the band featuring Jamey Jasta and Kirk Windstein, will […]

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January 4th, 2008

Metal Shavings 1/4, Year End In Review

Holy crap, 2008 is here already. Where does the time go. Another year another year older my decrepit ass is. 2007 was a fun filled roller-coaster of madness, but here we are. It’s time for a whole new shitty year. A new president will be elected, “W” will finally be out and we can look […]

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December 23rd, 2007

Down Announce North America Tour Dates

Apeshit.org report that Down has announced some North American Tour Dates Starting January 18th entitled An “Evening With Down” which will start with an intro video followed by a two hour set by the band. The dates are as follows.
01/18/08 Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
01/19/08 Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater
01/20/08 Lafayette, LA @ Grant […]

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November 18th, 2007

Phil Anselmo Stops Down Show For Beer Slinger, Puts Him On His Knees.

Check out this video of some stupid concert goer at a Down show last Thursday night. Apparently, this guy threw a beer at Phil, to which Phil gets the audience to point him out. Security brings the guy on stage and you’ll see what happens next in the video clip from youtube.

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October 20th, 2007

Revolver’s Greatest Frontmen (And Women) Of Metal

December’s issue of Revolver Magazine has compiled a list of the 37 greatest frontmen and women of metal. I only count 23. Maybe my issue is missing a page or two, I don’t know. Anyway, they knew better than to rank them by number so they just listed them all randomly. If anyone else has […]

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