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  Metallica's Fan-Picked 'World Magnetic' Concert DVD Due in December

  October 23, 2012 – Metallica have announced the track list and release date for a new live concert movie that uses footage from the metal giants' tour in support of 2008's Death Magnetic (see our photo gallery: A Year on the Road With Metallica). The as-yet-untitled release from the band's "World Magnetic" tour will be out on DVD, Blu-ray, and via digital providers on December 10. …
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  Overkill: Lemmy's Guide to Life

  October 19, 2012 – The man, the myth, the mutton chops: Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister — otherwise known as the face, voice, and bass of metal pioneers Motörhead and quite possibly the owner of rock's most iconic facial hair — has been pounding eardrums and breaking hearts as the sole constant member of his trio since 1975. …
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  Green Day Crowned 'Biggest Rock Band in the World' in Official '¡Dos!' Trailer

  October 16, 2012 – Green Day bailed on their headlining slot at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience festival — which Metallica happily filled in for — but the No Cal punks blaze ahead on the promotional trail for their back-to-basics album trilogy with an official trailer for ¡Dos!. …
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  Metallica Replace Green Day at Voodoo Festival, Billie Joe Armstrong's Rehab Is 'No Joke'

  October 12, 2012 – Metallica are grabbing Green Day's headlining slot at New Orleans' forthcoming Voodoo Music + Arts Experience fest following the Nor Cal punks' Monday cancelation. The embattled band had to call off their appearance presumably due to Billie Joe Armstrong's onstage breakdown and subsequent rehab enrollment. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Green Day producer and Warner Bros. chairman Rob Cavallo said, "His rehab is no joke. …
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  Metallica Honor Late Bassist With Free 1984 Show Download

  September 28, 2012 – Cliff Burton joined Metallica on bass in time for their landmark 1983 debut album Kill Em All, and he died in a tragic European tour bus accident three years later (see our Metallica: Three Decades of Metal Mayhem photo gallery). …
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  Dave Grohl Gets Lars Ulrich Talking About His First Album

  August 22, 2012 – Earlier this year, Foo Fighter Dave Grohl announced he was working on a documentary about California's legendary recording studio Sound City. Over the past 40 years, the studio has birthed records like Neil Young's After the Gold Rush, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut and something called Nevermind. …
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  Metallica, Flaming Lips Retool Deep Purple Classics

  August 21, 2012 – As long as there are beginning guitar players banging out the riff from "Smoke on the Water," Deep Purple will remain one of heavy rock's more influential bands. The English band's landmark album Machine Head turns 40 years old this year, and a 10-song covers collection called Re-Machined is on its way September 25 to commemorate the anniversary. …
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  West Memphis Three's Damien Echols on the Music Gave Him 'Life After Death'

  August 13, 2012 – Freed from death row after 18 years, the face of the West Memphis Three has written a book, Life After Death. Here's the soundtrack to his unusual life. Name a song you've listened to in the past 24 hours. "Tomorrow" by Ozzy [Osbourne], while I was on the treadmill. Every morning after I got out, I would watch Ozzy videos. The last album I'd heard was [1991's] No More Tears, so everything after that is new to me. …
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  Celebrate James Hetfield's 49th Birthday By Watching Awesome Metallica Moments

  August 3, 2012 – As of today, Metallica frontman James Hetfield has one more year to live until he turns (gasp!) 50! …
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  The Sword on 'Huge Sounding' Fall Album 'Apocryphon'

  July 27, 2012 – There's no rest for the heavy. When Austin metalheads the Sword left the stage at Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival in Atlantic City at the end of June, they headed straight to Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore to record their fourth album, Apocryphon, due out this fall on Razor and Tie. Since setting foot in the studio, the band has been working 12-hour days, six days a week. …
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