Fans hoping to see Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell perform at the Budweiser Made in America festival in Philadelphia, Pa. over the weekend were disappointed to find out he had cancelled the appearance due to a scheduling conflict. Although not able to make Made in America, Cornell did find himself on stage at a campaign rally for President Barack Obama on Saturday (Sept. 1) in Des Moines, Iowa. Cornell, armed only
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Chris Cornell Performs at Barack Obama Rally in Des Moines, Iowa
September 2nd, 2012 
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No Comments »‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Declares Tampa, Florida as ‘America’s Death Metal Mecca’
August 30th, 2012 Metalkult Outspoken liberal political commentator and MSNBC television personality Rachael Maddow recently gave the genre of death metal a shout-out on her program, ‘The Rachel Maddow Show.’ While Maddow explored the notion that Tampa, Florida, is the “strip club capitol of America,” the host also presented some research about Tampa Bay possibly being the death metal capital of America. Her findings were quite profound. Unfortunately for the residents of Tampa, the
Posted in News Tags: America, being-the-death, death, gave-the-genre, her-program, notion, program, quite-profound-, some-research, tampa No Comments »Chris Cornell Drops Off ‘Made in America’ Fest, Expresses Frustration Over Announcement
August 29th, 2012 Metalkult The Jay-Z-led ‘Made in America’ is ready to take place next week, but one prominent artist on the bill has bowed out at the last minute. Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell was among the top-billed performers for the festival, but it was just announced that a scheduling conflict is taking him away from the event. The cancellation of the Sept. 2 performance was announced Tuesday (Aug. 28) on his website with
Posted in News Tags: America, among-the-top, bill, chris-cornell, event, from-the-event, has-bowed, last, performers-for, take-place, the-event-, the-top-billed No Comments »Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst on Lack of U.S. Touring: ‘We Were a Moment in Time and It’s Over’
August 13th, 2012 Metalkult Limp Bizkit have done plenty of touring in recent years, but it’s been noticeable that the group haven’t played very much in the United States. Singer Fred Durst tells Kerrang! that a good reason for that was the band realizing that American audiences had moved on. He told Kerrang! (via The PRP), “We don’t play back home. We’ve boycotted America for many years now. I don’t know, I just don’t
Posted in News Tags: America, audiences-had, band, band-realizing, been-noticeable, good-reason-, group, group-haven, kerrang, moved-on-, played-very, united-states, years-now No Comments »Judas Priest Singer Rob Halford Weighs in on Chick-fil-A Controversy
August 7th, 2012 Metalkult The Chick-fil-A fast food chain has been receiving a ton of media scrutiny as of late, after declaring that they, as a company, are opposed to gay marriage. Although opposition to same-sex marriage is prevalent throughout America, Chick-fil-A Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy created a media firestorm after a series of controversial actions. As the most prominent gay man in metal, Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford recently addressed the issue
Posted in News Tags: a-media-firestorm, America, are-opposed, chief-operating, fast-food, issue, judas-priest, media-firestorm, media-scrutiny, most, officer, prominent-gay, recently-addressed, the-issue No Comments »Chris Cornell Leads New Additions to ‘Budweiser Made in America’ Festival
August 2nd, 2012 Metalkult The Jay-Z-led Budweiser Made in America festival has just announced the additions of Chris Cornell, the Hives, Gary Clark Jr., Run-DMC, DJ Shadow + more for the inaugural event. Earlier this spring, Jay-Z and Pearl Jam were announced as the headliners of the Philadelphia-based festival, which is slated to take place at Fairmount Park Sept. 1 and 2. The eclectic bill will also feature pop stars like Drake and Jill
Nachtmystium Stream New Album ‘Silencing Machine’ in Full
July 30th, 2012 Metalkult As one of America’s most celebrated modern black metal bands, the release of Nachtmystium‘s latest album, ‘Silencing Machine,’ is intoxicating news for fans. ‘Silencing Machine’ is set to be released tomorrow (July 31), but you can hear an exclusive live stream of the entire album right now. Nachtmystium rose to underground prominence with their last two albums, ‘Assassins: Black Meddle Part I’ and ‘Addicts: Black Meddle Part II,’ with an
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