Flashback 1982 – METALLICA’s First Show With Cliff Burton

  EMI will release Iron Maiden’s double-disc DVD “Maiden England ’88” on March 25, 2013. Now available for the very first time on DVD, this live show was filmed across two sold-out nights at Birmingham N.E.C Arena, U.K. in November 1988 during the band’s “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son World Tour”.   Disc one…

Blabbermouth.net: An audio sample of the song “Ready To Rumble” recorded by Axl Rose’ pre-GUNS N’ ROSES band Axl Rose RAPIDFIRE can be streamed in the YouTube clip below (uploaded by former RAPIDFIRE guitarist Kevin Lawrence).   The RAPIDFIRE tapes, which were purportedly recorded in May 1983, have been in storage in the original eight-track…

  Frank Sinatra may well be spinning in his grave over the heavy metal hijacking of a dozen cornerstone numbers from his repertoire for “Sin-atra,” but given the testosterone-drenched machismo that was central to the way he lived his life and sometimes sang, there’s actually a certain twisted logic to this shotgun marriage. Read More…

  If KISS’ Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley could go back in time and do it all again, they most likely would choose to replace original guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss with current members Tommy Thayer (guitar) and Eric Singer (drums). In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, Gene said, “”I want to…

  North America’s biggest thrash tour in 20 years rolled into SoCal August 30th at the Long Beach Arena. METAL SHOP’s Ralph Cartel was there for American Carnage with Slayer and Megadeth and shared some great photos.   [print_gllr id=1988]

  Metal Monday is on and it’s Leap Day, which means we get an extra day of February this year. It also means most of us are essentially working an extra day for free. If you look at it that way, we also get a free day of cable, internet and electricity, so there’s that….