There were a lot of people not exactly happy when it was revealed that the inaugural Mayhem Cruise, which was scheduled for later this year, was canceled, and that goes beyond just those who had made arrangements to attend. Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian says the news was a bit of a surprise to him as well. The musician told interviewer Jason Simms while doing an interview for the Oregonian (via
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Anthrax’s Scott Ian Comments on Mayhem Cruise Cancellation
August 19th, 2012 
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No Comments »Lamb of God Triumph During Knotfest Night Two in Somerset, Wisconsin
August 19th, 2012 Metalkult There’s nothing like seeing a major band on the so-called second stage, so you can bet that fans at Knotfest over the last two nights enjoyed the return of Lamb of God at a fevered pitch. For singer Randy Blythe, these were the first two dates since his imprisonment in a Czech jail, where he had been held for alleged manslaughter relating to a concert death in 2010. While things
Posted in News Tags: a-major-band, band-on-the, czech, knotfest, last, nothing-like, the-first, these-were No Comments »Dethklok’s ‘Dethalbum III’ Eyeing October Release
August 19th, 2012 Metalkult Dethklok may have been dealt a bit of a setback when their summer tour with Lamb of God fell through, but the animated outfit will look to rebound this fall with the release of a new album. ThePrp is reporting that Adult Swim favorites will issue their third album, appropriately titled ‘Dethalbum III,’ on Oct. 16 through Williams Street Records. Creator Brendon Small, who also is behind the band’s hit
Posted in News Tags: a-new-album, band, fell-through, records-creator, release, summer, the-release, their-summer No Comments »Evanescence’s Amy Lee + Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale Team Up on ‘Break In’ in El Paso
August 19th, 2012 Metalkult The moment that many have been waiting for on the Carnival of Madness tour finally came to fruition Saturday night (Aug. 18) in El Paso, as Evanescence‘s Amy Lee and Halestorm‘s Lzzy Hale united their powerful voices together on one song. The track in question was the Halestorm favorite ‘Break In,’ Lzzy sitting and playing the piano while Lee sang from the side of the instrument. Both artists have been
Posted in News Tags: artists-have, been-waiting, carnival, evanescence, finally!, from-the-side, halestorm, instrument, piano, powerful, saturday, side, the-instrument-, together-on-one, united-their No Comments »Les Claypool’s Pachyderm Bass Raises $50K for Ailing Nephew
August 19th, 2012 Metalkult How much is a prize item like one of Les Claypool’s basses worth to you? Now add in the fact that he’s auctioning it off for his ailing two-year-old nephew who is suffering from a rare form of infant leukemia. After putting the bass on the block, the Primus leader found out just how much it could get, as the auction just ended with the winning bid going for $50,599.99.
Posted in News Tags: a-prize-item, a-rare-form, bass, block, claypool, fact, his-ailing, leader-found, primus, suffering-from, the-auction, winning, winning-bid No Comments »Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington ‘OK’ With Nu Metal Label
August 19th, 2012 Metalkult There was a time when nu metal was the big thing, and Linkin Park definitely thrived. But there was a quick saturation point with the genre, and the band, who may not have been a true definition of a nu metal act, were smart enough to evolve their sound and survive. Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington says that while the group never quite embraced the label, he’s come to accept it
Posted in News Tags: genre, group, group-never, label, metal-act, quite-embraced, Sound, the-genre, the-label, true-definition, were-smart, while-the, while-the-group, with-the-genre No Comments »Eddie Vedder + Natalie Maines Mark Anniversary of West Memphis 3 Release With ‘Golden State’
August 19th, 2012 Metalkult Today marks the anniversary of something that many thought might never come. On Aug. 19, 2011, the three men known as “The West Memphis 3″ were finally freed from jail after serving 17 years behind bars for the murder of three young boys. Over the years, the stories of Jessie Misskelley, Charles Baldwin, and Damien Echols were told in the ‘Paradise Lost’ documentary series, with many feeling they were wrongly
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