Metal Legends Tribute News

 
Next Up: Ozzy's Tribute to Cole Porter
Wall Street Journal
In 1997 the innocuous crooner Pat Boone released "In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy," which included such tracks as "Crazy Train" and "Smoke on the Water." And long before that, Frank Sinatra had covered the "edgy" Sonny & Cher hit "Bang Bang (My ...


 
Ripper Owens, Paul Di'Anno and Megadeth's Poland on New Iron Maiden Tribute
antiMUSIC.com
Versailles Records plan to release their latest tribute album in July, this time around it is a 2-CD set paying homage to heavy metal legends Iron Maiden. The album will feature former Judas Priest/Iced Earth and current Yngvie Malmsteen/Beyond Fear ...

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Metalheads Are People Too
KUNC
I'm writing this piece for NPR, and just got a massive tattoo of a goat's head on my right arm in tribute to Swedish black metal gods Bathory. There are many shades of black, and at MDF, all these musicians have a place in the sunshine.

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Big list of Memorial Day events in Greater Phoenix
Arizona Republic
Al Harbison Legends of Arizona Metal Tribute: 6 pm May 26. This Memorial Day weekend celebration honors more than 30 years of Harbison's dedication to his music, his musician brothers and their success. More than 30 musicians ages 16-62 perform and ...


 
Music News
Musicians pay tribute to Robin Gibb
Music News
An amazingly diverse selection of music identities have expressed their condolences, from Bruno Mars to Liam Gallagher to Justin Timberlake, frontmen from metal acts Disturbed and Hatebreed, as well as hip-hop identities like Atmosphere and Taboo of ...

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007 Legends Trailer Confirms Moonraker Mission
Cinema Blend
It featured laser guns, a gondola chase, and an assassin with metal teeth. While a pretty awful movie, it's such a distinct part of the series' history that it pretty much had to be in this game. Legends features a storyline that stretches across six ...

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Album Review: Sleep – Dopesmoker [Reissue]
Consequence of Sound
... a righteous fit when the stoner metal legends, Sleep, delivered what would end up being their last record to the major label. The album featured a single, 63-minute song titled “Dopesmoker”, an epic tribute to the virtues of, yes, smoking dope.