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Each week fans tune in to That Metal Show to see Eddie, Jim and Don weigh-in and argue about such important subjects as who are hard rock's Top 5 Most Underrated Guitarists or The Top 5 Jason Newstead Metallica Albums on the TMS Top 5 .

During their recent Orion Music + More festival, Metallica thrilled fans who showed up early to the fairgrounds by performing a special set under the moniker Dehaan .

You may think that a metal band is all about destruction and fast food after a show.

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there. For today's Audio Files, I'm dedicating these songs to my awesome father, who taught me about football, took me to my first real concert and makes me laugh every day His favorite band is Led Zeppelin.

This year, music fans and the citizens of Detroit found a new attraction being held at their beloved Belle Isle Park.

Freddie Mercury's vocal range and style would fit perfectly into a Metal band and Brian May's signature tones are still heard in guitar solos in all genre's of rock.

During their recent Orion Music + More festival, Metallica thrilled fans who showed up early to the fairgrounds by performing a special set under the moniker Dehaan .

Acclaimed horror artist Wes Benscoter made a film entitled Hold Your Fire a few years ago.

You may think that a metal band is all about destruction and fast food after a show.

Day 2 of the second annual Orion Music + More festival improved on a number of headaches that accompanied day 1. For instance, the lines that wrapped around city blocks to board the shuttle buses to the festival were re-organized, and fans were essentially able to walk right onto a waiting bus rather than standing in line.

Rolling Stone reported earlier this week that one local musician got an honorable introduction at the Orion Festival at Belle Isle Park.

Safe to say that I was doing bong hits on the couch one afternoon back in 1987 when Michael Alago, the A&R rep from Elektra Records who discovered and signed Metallica, called me up out of the blue and asked what was happening with the music scene here in Dallas.

The second annual Orion Music + More festival, hosted and curated by heavy metal legends, and members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica , dropped into Detroit last weekend to wow fans with all manners of music, museums, and memorabilia, and to test the waters while still scouting a possible permanent home for the festival, which was ... (more)

Toronto's buzziest band, Vag Halen, has a set list composed of the same classic rock hits that would make us yawn coming from aging dudes in a hole-in-the-wall tavern.

Despite the distractions of their constant touring schedule and their upcoming 3D flick, Through the Never , Metallica is still focused on the task of creating songs for their follow-up to 2008's Death Magnetic .

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown in January talking about his new book, on Monday declined to comment on the environmental impact of Sean Parker's multimillion-dollar coastal wedding.

On June 15, Underworld Productions and Golden Sands Cafe present Jawnstock VII, hosted by Rotten Property.

On Monday night, Kanye West held an album listening party for his new CD, Yeezus , which is due on June 18. At the New York party, Kanye played 10 new tracks for friends, industry types and the media.

When conducting a postmortem on a Metallica set, it's all about the outliers. It's a given that they will perform "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Master of Puppets," "Enter Sandman" and so forth, often in the same sequence.

The 27-year-old pedestrian was crossing the road at Percy Street in Newcastle city centre when she was hit at around 8.56am yesterday Tiote, by his own admission, had a poor campaign last time around but is hungry to get back to being the player who rocked the Premier League two years ago Veteran comedians Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards were in ... (more)