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The Fifteen Worst Make Out Records Ever

It's a classic Valentine's Day dilema -- you've planned ahead, made the sweeping gestures, made eyes across a white tablecloth and now you're ready to express yourself with some good old fashioned parts-rubbing. Whatever you do, don't play any of these records.

The Atlas Moth Genesis: Metallica, Talent Shows and Peter Gunn

The Atlas Moth will be in town on Thursday with opening for death metal proggers Gojira at the Granada. Frontman Stavros Giannopoulos took some time out to talk about the first shows he saw as a kid, The Blues Brothers, and Peter Gunn. Growing up, was there anybody that inspired you to play music? ... More >>

It’s A Tribal Jesus Leprechaun

Dethklok's Brendon Smalls Talks About How This Tour Is a "Disney Ride But With Murder"

Brendon Smalls is the creator of the animated series Home Movies and Metalocalypse, and the driving force behind the most successful animated death metal band in the history of metal, Dethklok. He's an amazing guitarist who graduated from Berklee College of Music. His band has two of the highest-rat ... More >>

Not-So-Quiet Riots: The Ten Worst Riots In Music Event History

Dallas Mavericks fans were notably well-behaved during yeterday's NBA Championship victory parade through downtown. Despite the fact that 200,000 or so people packed themselves in like sardines along the sidewalks of the route -- and in the sweltering heat, no less -- there were only five arrests. B ... More >>

Last Night: Metallica's "Secret" Show at Stubb's BBQ

MetallicaSXSW's Guitar Hero: Metallica PartyStubb's BBQ in Austin, TXFriday, March 20, 2009 Better than: anything else you could've seen at SXSW last night--and maybe all week. People might try to disagree on that. But don't buy into it. This was the show by which SXSW 2009 will be remembe ... More >>

Metallica

Death Magnetic (Warner Bros.)

Crazy, But That's How It Goes

Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love Ozzfest

Tat's the Perfect Business For You

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Lean Sideways

In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

Head Trip

Between hard rock and a safe place, Metallica finds itself

Truth Be Told

It's the docs that rock this year's USAFF schedule

Summer Sanitarium Tour

August 3

Grumpy Old Men

Metallica returns with the most anticipated metal album in ages

Scene, Heard

Todd Deatherage is moving to the Big Apple

Mandarin Makes Its Debut

Chomsky, Brutal Juice and others make the news

Scene, Heard

Smirnoff sucks them in; The Rocket Summer waits 'til fall; Jeff Buckely's mom; North Texas Music Festival jab; Plus, much, much more

Critics' Picks

Metallica

Out There

Metallica

Out There

Little mascara

The wages of Lollapalooza's sin is Metallica and make-up