Thrash-masters Anthrax have been rocking their lethal moniker since the early ‘80s, but after the tragedy of 9/11 and the ensuing threats to public safety through acts of terrorism, their name was called into question by the mainstream media – the same major outlets who paid their then-last record no mind at the time. In a new interview with Blogra, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian reminisces about that moment in time
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Scott Ian Talks Post 9/11 Anthrax Scares Stirring Up a Media Frenzy Over His Band’s Name
September 13th, 2012 
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No Comments »Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence + More Reveal Dates for 2012 Outbreak Tour
September 13th, 2012 Metalkult Asking Alexandria are ready to take their turn in the spotlight as the UK metalcore act will head up the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour. As previously reported, As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire, and Attila will join the band on the North American trek and now the full itinerary has been revealed. The trek launches Nov. 16 in Edmonton, Canada, and continues on its month-long journey
Posted in News Tags: full, full-itinerary, its-month-long, join-the-band, North, outbreak tour, spotlight, take-their, trek-launches No Comments »Led Zeppelin To Be Saluted With 2012 Kennedy Center Honor
September 13th, 2012 Metalkult Congrats to rock legends Led Zeppelin, who will be bestowed with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December. For Zeppelin fans, it will be the rare opportunity to see Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones together in person as their reunions since the death of John Bonham have been few and far between. Their last one took place in London in 2007. ? Led Zeppelin’s influence on hard
Posted in News Tags: bestowed-with, december-, have-been, jimmy-page, london, page, person-as-their, reunions, robert-plant-, rock-legends, since-the, the-prestigious, their-reunions, zeppelin No Comments »Foo Fighters Play Unplugged for Apple iPhone 5 Launch Party
September 13th, 2012 Metalkult While products like the iPod Touch or Nano may be tiny, it’s rare that the folks at Apple do anything concerning the launch of their products small. So with that in mind it should be of no surprise that they were able to secure one of the biggest rock bands in the land, the Foo Fighters, to play the Apple iPhone 5 launch party Wednesday (Sept. 12). Following the new
Posted in News Tags: apple, biggest, fighters, ipod, launch-party, like-the-ipod, products-like, the-biggest, the-launch, touch-or-nano, wednesday No Comments »Daily Reload: Soundgarden, Mark Tremonti + Wolfgang Van Halen, Judas Priest + More
September 13th, 2012 Metalkult Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: – Soundgarden will unleash the aptly titled song ‘Been Away Too Long’ as the lead single from the ‘King Animal’ album. [Loudwire] – If there is one interesting thing that’s coming out of Van Halen‘s time off, it’s that we now get to see the pairing of Mark Tremonti with Wolfgang Van Halen on
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