The outspoken Dave Mustaine is taking a lot of heat for his latest onstage comments claiming President Barack Obama staged the recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin. The Megadeth frontman now admits his choice of words may not have been the best, yet he’s not backing off from his theory. Mustaine recently called in to the show ‘Info Wars’ to put his words in context and answer some questions. When asked what
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Dave Mustaine Attempts to Clarify Onstage Rant About President Obama + Recent Shootings
August 17th, 2012 
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No Comments »Testament’s Alex Skolnick Has No Plans To Return to Trans-Siberian Orchestra
August 17th, 2012 Metalkult Testament‘s Alex Skolnick is one of the most beloved and admired guitarists in the world. Along with fellow band member Eric Peterson, the duo have unleashed some of the most ear-gasmic guitar hooks and solos in metal history. As well as being a thrash shredder, Skolnick dabbles in jazz with the Alex Skolnick Trio and has toured with the iconic rock opera outfit Trans-Siberian Orchestra. However, during our recent interview
Posted in News Tags: alex, band-member, metal-history-, most, orchestra, peterson, the-iconic, with-fellow, with-the-alex, with-the-iconic No Comments »Guitarist Jeff Tuttle Leaves Dillinger Escape Plan
August 17th, 2012 Metalkult Jeff Tuttle, the rhythm guitarist for those mathematical metal monsters Dillinger Escape Plan, has left the band, according to both a pair of Facebook posts penned by both the band and Tuttle, and a personal blog post issued by frontman Greg Puciato. Tuttle was a member of DEP for nearly six years and is splitting to go back to school. The split appears amicable, as Tuttle is moving on to
Posted in News Tags: band-and, dillinger, guitarist-for, left-the-band, metal-monsters, rhythm, six-years, split-appears, the-rhythm, tuttle No Comments »Members of Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Receive Two-Year Prison Sentence for ‘Hooliganism’
August 17th, 2012 Metalkult Having spent the last five months detained in Russia, the verdict for three members of the feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot was delivered today (Aug. 17). The women, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, Maria Alekhina, 24 and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, have been sentenced to two years in Russian prison for their alleged crime of “hooliganism.” While the charge might sound like one your grandmother would levy against you in the U.S.,
Posted in News Tags: charge, grandmother, months-detained, russian, the-feminist, the-verdict, their-alleged, yekaterina No Comments »Dead Sara vs. Otherwise – Cage Match
August 17th, 2012 Metalkult After five straight victories led Down’s song ‘Witchtripper’ into Loudwire’s Cage Match Hall of Fame, it’s now time for two bands to go head to head with their brand new singles. The California rockers of Dead Sara enter the matchup with their latest single ‘We Are What You Say’ off of their self-titled debut album. The band played this year’s Warped Tour, and they are also set to play the
Posted in News Tags: a-enter-the, brand, california-, latest, match-hall, self, their-latest, victories-led, warped-tour No Comments »Adler To Set Sail on 2012 Kiss Kruise
August 17th, 2012 Metalkult Here’s some good news for fans who shelled out between big bucks for tickets to this year’s Kiss Kruise: You just picked up a little more entertainment for your five-day adventure in the form of Steven Adler‘s appropriately named new band, Adler. In fact, the former Guns N’ Roses drummer will lead his new bandmates — who include ex-Mars Electric singer Jacob Bunton, guitarist Lonny Paul and bassist Johnny Martin
Posted in News Tags: a-little-more, between-big, electric, five, form, former, jacob-bunton, johnny-martin, little-more, lonny-paul, new-bandmates, some-good, steven-adler, the-former, year No Comments »Between the Buried and Me’s Paul Waggoner Talks ‘Parallax II,’ Summer Slaughter + More
August 17th, 2012 Metalkult Attention guitar geeks! We recently had the opportunity to speak with Between the Buried and Me guitarist Paul Waggoner backstage at the New York City Summer Slaughter date. As one of the marquee acts of the 2012 Summer Slaughter Festival, Between the Buried and Me are currently riding high on the eve of their highly anticipated seventh studio album, ‘The Parallax II: Future Sequence.’ Waggoner spoke with us about headliners
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