‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is an iconic video, with Nirvana playing a pep rally that turns into chaos. The song ended up being Nirvana’s biggest hit and propelled the album ‘Nevermind’ to the top of the charts. One thing you may not know, however, is that one of the kids in the video was Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell. In an audio interview with MusicFrenzy.net, Bell recalled how his
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Fear Factory Vocalist Explains His Appearance in Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Video
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No Comments »Winds of Plague and Drummer Art Cruz Go Their Separate Ways
August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult Winds of Plague are getting ready to hit the road for ‘The All Stars Tour’ next month, but when they do, there will be a new face behind the drumkit. ? Singer Johnny Plague reveals that drummer Art Cruz has officially left the band due to creative differences. Even though they didn’t agree on direction, it appears to be an amicable parting of ways. Plague explained, “After many years of
Posted in News Tags: are-getting, band-due, behind-the, drumkit, has-officially, left-the, left-the-band, new-face, plague, road, road-for, singer, singer-johnny, there-will No Comments »Dogbane Guitarist David Ellenburg Dead at 47
August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult David Ellenburg, the guitarist for Greensboro, N.C.-based band Dogbane, has died of complications due to a stroke. He was just 47, having celebrated his birthday earlier this month. Dogbane’s ‘Residual Alcatraz’ is considered an underground cult classic, available via Heaven & Hell Records. You can learn more about the band, if you’ve not been previously exposed to it, by going here. According to Decibel, Ellenburg died Monday, July 30. His
Posted in News Tags: available-via, birthday, cult-classic, decibel, dogbane, ellenburg, going-here-, greensboro, his-birthday, records No Comments »Slayer’s Kerry King Promises the ‘Same Record’ They’ve Been Giving Fans The Last 20 Years
August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult Slayer have been thrash masters for over 30 years. Having released 11 studio albums, the band discovered their sound right away and have been pummeling fans ever since, so it’s no surprise that guitarist Kerry King is promising “the same record we’ve been giving them [fans] for the last 20 years.” In an interview with TheToneKing.com, King spoke about Slayer’s next album before playing one of their many Mayhem Festival
Posted in News Tags: ever-since, for-over, have-been, pummeling-fans, same, sound-right, studio-albums-, thrash-masters No Comments »Mastodon and Feist Release Digital ‘Feistodon’ Split + Interactive Mashup
August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult The Mastodon Record Store Day split release with Feist, lovingly dubbed ‘Feistodon,’ is no longer relegated to a super rare and limited item that was issued on one day. The metal behemoths and the female indie rocker released a split, in which this odd pairing covered one another’s songs. Only 5,000 copies were pressed and they sold out in a hot minute, understandably so. But we’ve got good news for
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August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult In today’s Daily Reload, Slayer guitarist Kerry King says the band’s next album will sound like the “same record” they’ve been putting out for 20 years; Zakk Wylde, Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris + more to appear on Season 11 of ‘That Metal Show,’ Coheed & Cambria announce double album, ‘The Afterman,’ and release video trailer; and Duff McKagan, Scott Ian + Chris Jericho will all appear in ‘Rockstars Say the
Posted in News Tags: and-release, announce-double, been-putting, cambria, chris-jericho, daily, like-the, MAIDEN, metal-show, same-record, slayer, steve-harris, video-trailer No Comments »Green Day to Release Eight-CD Box Set on September 4
August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult If you’re a Green Day fan, then the next several months are going to be good ones for you, as the band is flooding the marketplace with material. Not all of it is new, either. Ahead of the trio’s upcoming trilogy -’Green Day ¡Uno!’ (Sept. 25), ‘Green Day ¡Dos!’ (Nov. 13) and ‘Green Day ¡Tré!’ (Jan. 15)- the band is also planning a career-spanning, eight-CD box set, due Sept. 4.
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