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NEWS ABOUT: heavy metal

heavy metal stories: 16 news summaries

 Metallica Singer 
 'Proud' of Music's 
 Role in Torture 

Tunes represented something detainees didn't like: Hetfield

Oct 29, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica frontman James Hetfield is rather proud his band's music was played at top volume to break down the resistance of Guantanamo detainees under interrogation. "It’s strong, it’s music that’s powerful,” he told an interviewer from a German TV network. “It represents something that... More »

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Iraq • Guantanamo Bay • Metallica • heavy metal • harsh interrogation • detainees

 Enter Tapman: 
 Metallica Debuts 
 iPhone App 

Rockers seek to stay relevant with finger-tapping game

Oct 27, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica aims to turn a generation of finger-tappers into headbangers with a new iPhone application. Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica, a variant of the top-selling Tap Tap Revenge game, lets players tap their screens in time to hits like Enter Sandman. The game, priced at $4.99, is expected to make... More »

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iPhone • rock bands • smartphones • Metallica • heavy metal • iPhone applications • Lars Ulrich

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

Monkeys Only Like Monkey Music—and Metallica  

Heavy metal had calming effect on monkeys who ignored classic rock and jazz

Sep 2, 09 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Monkeys subjected to a range of human music ignored Bach, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz, but found Metallica soothing, the Daily Telegraph reports. The experiment on a group of cottontop tamarins, carried out by a psychologist and a cellist, found that while the monkeys showed no response to human music,... More »

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music • monkey • Metallica • heavy metal • primates • Jay-ZTV • primatology

 New Kiss Disc 
 to Land at Wal-Mart 

Group becomes latest classic band to move merch through retailer

Aug 17, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The deal was sealed with a Kiss: the heavy metal band is joining the ranks of classic bands releasing their music through Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, the AP reports. Their new collection, “Sonic Boom,” comes out Oct. 6 only at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club; it... More »

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music • retail • Kiss • Sam's Club • heavy metal • Wal-Mart • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Trouble in heavy metal land. Ozzy Osbourne is suing Black Sabbath bandmate Tommy Iommi over rights to the band's name—and its lucrative merchandise, reports Rolling Stone. Ozzy says Iommi illegally took ownership of the name when he toured in the 1990s without the original band members. The prince of... More »

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entertainment • music • merchandise • lawsuit • heavy metal • Ozzy Osbourne • Black Sabbath • name • brand • Tony Iommi

 Film Shoots 
 Aging Rockers 
 to Success 

But Anvil would have 'kept rocking' anyway

May 27, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - After decades, the heavy-metal band Anvil has finally broken into the mainstream thanks to a well-received documentary—and “kismet,” guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow tells CNN. After he saw the film, he said, “I started crying, because it seemed like kismet, as if it was all meant... More »

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music • film • documentary • heavy metal • Jay-ZTV • Anvil • Steve Kudlow • Robb Reiner

 Town Cranks 
 Stones, Zeppelin 
 to Fight Crickets 

Up to mile-long swarms invade village regularly

Apr 24, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tiny Nevada town faces a yearly menace next month in the form of legions of crickets that can be a mile long and two miles across. Among the more unusual tools in their arsenal: rock music. Residents of Tuscarora swear it works, or at least helps, and are getting... More »

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Rolling Stones • Led Zeppelin • rock • heavy metal • invasion • crickets • Mormon crickets

(Newser) - Scientists have combined spider silk with metal atoms to boost web strands' already-phenomenal strength, reports Ars Technica. The breakthrough experiment advances the science of creating ever-stronger materials, as well discovering a successful method to bond metal to biological material. Experiments are already under way to make chicken eggs stronger. More »

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science • web • steel • science experiment • heavy metal • spiders • spider silk • biochemistry • arachnid

(Newser) - Run-DMC and Metallica will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, MTV.com reports. The two groups—along with Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Wanda Jackson—will receive rock’s highest accolade in a ceremony April 4 in Cleveland. The two headlining picks may be... More »

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hip-hop • Metallica • heavy metal • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • rock music • Run-DMC

Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music 

Arms-race mastering is losing musical detail, listeners and engineers complain

Sep 25, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some fans have a surprising problem with Death Magnetic, the new Metallica album, the Wall Street Journal reports: It’s too loud. Since the advent of the compact disc, musicians have pushed mastering engineers to make albums as loud as possible. As a result, a new CD like Death Magnetic... More »

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music • sound • engineers • Metallica • heavy metal • production • Death Magnetic

 You Are Your Music: Study

Study says music reflects our personalities

Sep 6, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Our favorite music speaks volumes about who we are, according to a new psychological study. It turns out that Indie fans are miserable, and metal heads act a lot like classical music lovers. The Independent breaks down personalities by genre:  
  • Indie: Low self-esteem and lazy, not to
... More »

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music • classical music • list • psychology • country music • rap music • reggae • heavy metal • blues • rock music • survey • dance music • indie rock

MUSIC REVIEW

 Tokio Hotel Rocks
 Screaming
 Tweens

With big hair, big riffs and MTV buzz, Germans threaten to go mainstream in US

Aug 24, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having dominated Europe, German rockers Tokio Hotel are threatening to go mainstream in the US, if the reception their riff-heavy pop metal earned among screaming preteens in San Francisco this week is any indication. "The best way to describe the glam-metal-emo-pop-tween group," Aidin Vaziri writes in the Chronicle,... More »

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Britney Spears • San Francisco • Germany • MTV • pop music • Tokio Hotel • Miley Cyrus • heavy metal • Jonas Brothers • music review

 Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback 

Hair we go again: '80s nostalgia brings monsters of rock  back to life

May 24, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy metal is coming back with a vengeance this summer, the Guardian reports. Kiss, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and plenty of other massive metal names from the '80s will dust off the spandex and play stadium shows for audiences of aging headbangers along with a new generation of fans weaned... More »

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rock stars • Kiss • Metallica • Guitar Hero • heavy metal • rock music • concert tour • Def Leppard • Judas Priest

Transient Iraqi Band Hits Turkey

Musicians forced to flee mirror plight of many Iraqis

Dec 7, 07 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Four young Iraqis formed Acrassicauda—Baghdad’s only heavy-metal band—in 2001, and since the 2003 invasion have struggled to keep their music (and themselves) alive to prove culture could still exist in their homeland. But playing a Western style of music made them a target, and like many Iraqis,... More »

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Iraq • Iraqi refugees • heavy metal

'Guitar Hero' Amps Metal Sales

Rock star wannabes turning to real bands

Nov 28, 07 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Red-hot video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is helping lift heavy metal sales, the Boston Herald reports. Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage have seen CD sales top half a million since being featured in the game—pretty good going in the age of illegal downloads. The guitar simulator game... More »

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music sales • Guitar Hero III • Killswitch Engage • heavy metal • video games

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