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
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Led Zeppelin To Be Saluted With 2012 Kennedy Center Honor
September 13th, 2012 
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No Comments »Australian Synchronized Swim Team Performs to an AC/DC Medley at the Olympics
August 12th, 2012 Metalkult The Australian synchronized swim team injected the London 2012 Olympics with some good old fashioned rock when they performed to a medley of AC/DC songs that included ‘Thunderstruck’ and ‘Back in Black.’ While rock music may seem like an unlikely choice for synchronized swimmers, the Aussie team was pretty confident with their choice. “We wanted something classically Australian and with a very strong beat,’ team member Eloise Amberger told Metro.co.uk.
Posted in News Tags: australian, black, choice, eloise, eloise-amberger, injected-the, london, metro-co-uk-, rock-music, swim-team, team-member, unlikely-choice, very-strong, with-their No Comments »Extreme Metal Olympics: Group 1, Opening Round
July 26th, 2012 Metalkult We’re kicking off the Opening Round of our Extreme Metal Olympics with some of the heaviest and most legendary innovators of brutality from around the world. Featuring acts from countries such as the USA, Norway, Germany and Greece, Group 1 includes eight of the 32 bands who will compete for gold as the Extreme Metal Olympics runs side-by-side the 2012 London Olympic Games. We begin with a matchup between the
Posted in News Tags: countries-such, extreme-metal, gold-as-the, heaviest, london, london-olympic, matchup-between, opening-round, side-the-2012, usa No Comments »Kerry King + Mike Portnoy Added to All-Star Lineup for Marshall Amps 50th Anniversary Gig
July 25th, 2012 Metalkult The mammoth rock ‘n’ roll celebration to pay tribute to Marshall Amps’ 50th anniversary and the life of late mastermind Jim Marshall, has just gotten a little bigger. Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has been added to the mix, along with Free founding member Andy Fraser and Slayer guitar god Kerry King. The Marshall 50th anniversary event is set to be held on Sept. 22, at London’s iconic Wembley
Posted in News Tags: along-with, former-dream, founding-member, fraser, guitar-god, has-been, held-on-sept, kerry king, little-bigger-, london, mammoth-rock, marshall-amps, pay-tribute, portnoy, wembley No Comments »Extreme Metal Olympics – U.S. Trials
July 19th, 2012 Metalkult We at Loudwire are extremely excited about the 2012 Olympic Games … but not the athletic event taking place in London this summer. We’re talking about Loudwire’s very own Extreme Metal Olympics! In our Extreme Metal Olympics, we’ll have 32 of the world’s most brutal and legendary bands from 18 countries all competing for the gold! One week from today, on July 26, fans will be able to vote on
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