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British College First To Offer Heavy Metal Degree

Chad Bowar — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:58:06 +0000

Imagine getting college credit for studying Metallica andÂ Iron Maiden and playing metal gigs. Sounds like something metalheads might dream up after a long night of partying, but a college in the U.K. is doing just that. Beginning this fall, New College Nottingham will offer a two-year degree in heavy metal, reports the Nottingham Post. Musician [...]

Band of 11-Year-Old Kids Are Miniature Heavy Metal Gods

Mike Adams — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:10:17 +0000

In the grand scheme of the heavy metal enthusiast, it is not often that childhood aspirations of becoming a god-sized shredder come to fruition before the first patch of pubic hair.Â Yet, somewhere written in the subliminal verses of a Robert Johnson record, there is apparently a trap door that leads to the infamous crossroads [...]

Senior Citizens In Trouble For Terrorizing Neighbors With the Power of Iron Maiden

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:58:26 +0000

Since the members of Iron Maiden are all well into their 50s it shouldn't be a big surprise that some fans of the seminal heavy metal band are now old enough to collect retirement benefits.

Instead it's what a 71-year-old woman from Stockholm, Sweden and her 81-year-old husband did with their Iron Maiden record collection that's noteworthy.

Inaugural 'Heavy Metal + Popular Culture International Conference' Coming to Victoria

Adam West — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:03:14 +0000

Colleges are for learning on a wide variety of subject matters and you can now include heavy metal among them as the University of Houston-Victoria will host the first ever ‘Heavy Metal and Popular Culture International Conference later this week. Wait, you say, here in Victoria? To which I say, April Fools! While the first-ever [...]

Metal Version of Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' Surprisingly Rocks

Emerald Catron — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:29 +0000

This is the perfect way to relive those golden years back in the ’90s before you hardened your heart and started listening exclusively to death metal. It’s a metal guitar version of your 12-year-old self’s favorite song — ‘Barbie Girl’ by Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua. If you have to pretend you don’t know the words, [...]

Record Store Day: Guide to Hard Rock + Metal

Adam West — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:02:01 +0000

Record Store Day is right around the corner, with plenty of specialty items heading to independent record stores. This year’s event takes place in participating stores on April 20 and a number of top acts are preparing fresh vinyl releases to attract fans to the old-school way of buying new music. Artists from all genres [...]

Metal God Eric Calderone Rocks the 'Super Mario Bros.' Theme

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:20:44 +0000

Just when we thought America’s favorite video game, ‘Super Mario Bros.,’ couldn’t get any better — enter YouTube’s 311Erock, aka rocker Eric Calderone. In this video, Eric shows us that not all metal riffs and/or tones are used for moshing, horrorÂ movies and making parents angry.Â Getting not only the theme song down perfectly but also [...]

Dude Gets Disability Benefits for His Addiction to Heavy Metal

Wes Glinsmann — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A Swedish man was recently awarded unemployment benefits after getting his addiction to heavy metal music classified as a disability. 42-year-old Roger Tullgren is a self-described metal head who says he got hooked on the stuff when his older brother brought home a Black Sabbath album in 1971. Since then, his psychological addiction has led, [...]

'Balloon Boy' Is Back and Fronting a Heavy Metal Band

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:53:11 +0000

Remember the Balloon Boy? That would be Falcon Henne, who for a few moments had the nation on edge after his parents claimed the-then six-year-old had sailed away unaccompanied in a hot air balloon. When the balloon did land Falcon was nowhere to be found and it turned out he had been hiding in the [...]

James T. Kirk…Starship Captain, Headbanger

Adam West — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:35:02 +0000

William Shatner will be getting a Golden God Award next month, as an Honorary Headbanger. Yes, that William Shatner, over-actor extrordinaire, author, and almost ageless freak of Hollywood will be honored for “making his name outside the metal world, but still embodying its spirit.” The 132 yr old actor is actually recording a hard rock [...]