http://showpopr.com/bookmarks/Metal A website that enhances the concert experience. en-us Though the Musink Tour with Social Distortion and Motorhead was cancelled, the promoters have put together a three day festival in Orange County, CA set for February 20th to February 22nd. smokeydesperado Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:48:40 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Musink_Festival_w_Reverend_Horton_Heat_Atreyu_Danzig_Throwdown_Necromantix http://www.showpopr.com/Musink_Festival_w_Reverend_Horton_Heat_Atreyu_Danzig_Throwdown_Necromantix Axl Rose and Guns n’ Roses are finally making an effort to promote the poorly selling Chinese Democracy, and oddly enough a member of Metallica might be hindering their plans: Is the album’s long-promised music video for the track “Better” being delayed by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich? smokeydesperado Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:06:58 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Is_the_Guns_n_Roses_Better_Video_Being_Delayed_By_Metallicas_Lars_Ulrich http://www.showpopr.com/Is_the_Guns_n_Roses_Better_Video_Being_Delayed_By_Metallicas_Lars_Ulrich Once again, science is writing the best punch lines. Researchers in Australia discovered that headbanging may lead hard-core metalheads down the road of mild brain damage, according to NME. The discovery, which pretty much confirms what everyone suspected since 1982, also came with a recommendation to wear a very metal neck brace as a means to keep your noggin safe if and when metal health drives you so mad as to bang your head. heavensent Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:03:46 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Bang_Your_Head_Get_Brain_Damage http://www.showpopr.com/Bang_Your_Head_Get_Brain_Damage Heavy metal bands have always relied on their album covers. Most metal bands wouldn’t have been half as popular if it wasn’t for their ridiculously awesome album art. But how did it go so wrong? When did bands start thinking it was okay to take their shirts off and pose as medieval warriors? smitty Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:31:12 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/The_Top_20_Most_Outrageous_Heavy_Metal_Album_Covers http://www.showpopr.com/The_Top_20_Most_Outrageous_Heavy_Metal_Album_Covers You might not see him on the late-night talk shows or the covers of major magazines or hear him sitting in with the morning-zoo show in your hometown, but that doesn't mean Guns N' Roses leader Axl Rose isn't reaching out to fans. butler Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:32:55 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Axl_Rose_Addresses_Guns_N_Roses_Turmoil_In_An_Open_Letter_To_Fans http://www.showpopr.com/Axl_Rose_Addresses_Guns_N_Roses_Turmoil_In_An_Open_Letter_To_Fans Assembling the White Zombie boxed set "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" was "weird" and somewhat bittersweet for Rob Zombie. "The funny thing was when I was putting it together, it seemed so long ago," Zombie told Billboard.com. "It felt like I was putting together a box set of someone else's band. It just seemed like forever ago, and some of the early songs are, like, 20 years ago or something. It just seemed weird." lydiash Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:50:27 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/White_Zombie_Laid_To_Rest_On_Boxed_Set http://www.showpopr.com/White_Zombie_Laid_To_Rest_On_Boxed_Set Check out this interview with Ilan Rubin on absolutepunk.net arienette1981 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:12:08 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Interview_with_Ilan_Rubin_NIN_Lostprophets_The_New_Regime http://www.showpopr.com/Interview_with_Ilan_Rubin_NIN_Lostprophets_The_New_Regime Austin, TX's And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have detailed an upcoming US tour to support their sixth record, The Century of Self, due out February 17, 2009. heavensent Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:06:25 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Tours_And_You_Will_Know_Us_by_the_Trail_of_Dead http://www.showpopr.com/Tours_And_You_Will_Know_Us_by_the_Trail_of_Dead Metallica at the opener of their Death Magnetic Tour; Madonna’s special Hard Candy gig in a New York club; Radiohead’s epic set at Lollapalooza — Rolling Stone’s cameras were there, capturing some of the most arresting rock & roll images of the year. Click below for a gallery of 2008’s most incredible live shots, featuring Paramore, Nine Inch Nails, Prince, Cat Power, Jay-Z, Pearl Jam and many more. lydiash Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:35:09 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/The_Year_in_Live_Performances_2008s_Best_Live_Shots http://www.showpopr.com/The_Year_in_Live_Performances_2008s_Best_Live_Shots Who better to remind the world of the evils of biological warfare this Christmas season than those grizzled, middle-aged head-bangers of Metallica? arienette1981 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:07:44 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Video__Metallica http://www.showpopr.com/Video__Metallica Red Hot Chili Peppers' singer denies transplant rumours Red Hot Chili Peppers' frontman Anthony Kiedis was close to suffering from kidney failure over the summer, according to friends of the star. noxtatia Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:41:40 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Anthony_Kiedis_Almost_Suffered_Organ_Failure_Claim_Friends http://www.showpopr.com/Anthony_Kiedis_Almost_Suffered_Organ_Failure_Claim_Friends ALEN Launches All-New EVH Wolfgang Guitar - Dec. 16, 2008 Eddie Van Halen launches the all-new EVH Wolfgang electric guitar, available worldwide beginning January 2009. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie's 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of brutal road testing during the top-grossing VAN HALEN 2007-2008 tour. noxtatia Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:16:22 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/EDDIE_VAN_HALEN_Launches_AllNew_EVH_Wolfgang_Guitar http://www.showpopr.com/EDDIE_VAN_HALEN_Launches_AllNew_EVH_Wolfgang_Guitar Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has launched his official website at www.acefrehley.com. The site opens with the following message from the Space Ace himself: "Dear Earthlings, noxtatia Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:33:41 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/ACE_FREHLEY_HAS_LAUNCHED_HIS_OFFICIAL_WEBSITE http://www.showpopr.com/ACE_FREHLEY_HAS_LAUNCHED_HIS_OFFICIAL_WEBSITE Confirming “the worst kept secret in rock n’ roll,” Metallica officially revealed on their website this weekend that there will be an all-Metallica Guitar Hero game “released in the first half (!?) of 2009.” According to the band, gamers will have the option of playing as Metallica themselves, with a “career mode” that echoes Metallica’s own rise to heavy metal stardom. lydiash Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:37:11 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/Guitar_Hero_Metallica_Confirmed_By_Band_Details_Emerge http://www.showpopr.com/Guitar_Hero_Metallica_Confirmed_By_Band_Details_Emerge METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently spoke to FresnoBee.com about the fact that his band, which took on Napster in an online battle for music copyrights, has now become a multiheaded behemoth on the Web. noxtatia Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:15:50 +0000 http://www.showpopr.com/METALLICAs_KIRK_HAMMETT_Weve_Always_Had_An_Open_Mind_Toward_The_Internet http://www.showpopr.com/METALLICAs_KIRK_HAMMETT_Weve_Always_Had_An_Open_Mind_Toward_The_Internet