by Zach Shaw | Jun 26, 2011 | Events
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71X2U5V0wC4[/youtube] As radio DJ/That Metal Show co-host Eddie Trunk pointed out during his introduction, the Hiro Ballroom is certainly not the type of place you normally see a hard rock show. Yet it was at this Japanese...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 23, 2011 | News Ticker
An interview that comedian/That Metal Show co-host Jim Florentine conducted with Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor regarding his new book Seven Deadly Sins will be posted on Taylor’s website as a three part series starting July 5. A short clip from the...
by Metal Insider | Jun 22, 2011 | Hell Bent For Stand-Up
What gave it away that Don Jamieson was a metal head? Was it the fact that his debut stand-up album Live And Hilarious was released by Metal Blade Records? Was it that you’ve seen him perform with his acoustic death metal group Gunfire N Sodomy? Well, if you’re like...
by Metal Insider | Apr 21, 2011 | Events
This Saturday, for the first time in America in over 25 years, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax will take the stage as the Big Four in Indio. The metal titans have played European festivals before, but their sole American date (so far, anyway) is seeing people...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 17, 2011 | Video
Today, we all know Kirk Hammett as the lead guitarist of Metallica. But before he replaced Dave Mustaine in the band back in 1983, Hammett was a member of another famous Bay Area thrash band: Exodus. While Metallica went on to gain more success than any of their...