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Warbeast - The Boiler Room - May 18, 2013

Rigor Mortis, Gammacide, Devilfist and Demonseed are all the musical ingredients the supergroup Texas Metal Alliance needed to create Warbeast, a legendary Texas thrash metal super supergroup. Adding just a dash of "no bullshit metal onslaught" by local acts Protest and The Black Moriah, Warbeast se ... More >>

Imagine Dragons, BFD 13, The Psychedelic Furs, Aaron Carter and More Show Announcements

OK guys, this week is a little skimpy on the announcements, but rest easy knowing that so many good summer, fall and Justin Timberlake concerts have already been announced. What upcoming concert are you most excited for? See you in the comments!

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: April 4-10

Editor: April showers, right? But a little water isn't stopping anyone, which is good because there are excellent shows happening this week. Including the blissfully strange Danny Brown, touring with beat master and unexpected meme star Baauer. -topic and his TeamFromNoWhere are throwing a party on ... More >>

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 >>

Terry Glaze and Taz Bentley Slip Inside the Single Wide

​Terry Glaze and Taz BentleySingle WideThursday, January 5Better than: Listening to a guy slaughter songs on an acoustic while trying to eat your lunch at Potbelly.The Single Wide doesn't normally host shows, even if it's just a guy and a guitar. Last night's double bill was a very special one, no ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Fab T-Birds Tear It Up at Fair Park Coliseum in '86

​We began the day by looking at old photos of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan courtesy Kirby Warnock, who's bringing Jimmie to the Texas Theatre for a very special homecoming show and chitchat. So, then, it's only appropriate to end it with this recent find from 1986: Jimmie, Kim Wilson, Preston Hub ... More >>

Dallas' Own St. Vincent On Her Hometown Love For John Congleton, Zoo Music and Pantera

Dallas' Own Annie Clark.​Before Annie Clark was St. Vincent, before she was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and before she a member of Sufjan Steven's touring band, she was just a girl growing up in the Dallas suburbs that took guitar lessons at the Zoo Music on Garland Road."That's just in me," ... More >>

Amy Ivey Will Bring The Metal For Your Stage Show. No, Really: The Actual Metal.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Amy Ivey grew up in Fort Worth listening to her mother play Elvis records. Later, as a teenager, she ... More >>

The Ten Biggest Dallas-Related MTV Moments

​As you've no doubt figured out by now, MTV turned 30 years old today. Indeed, that's a formidable amount of time -- enough, for sure, for almost entity to leave a mark.And, for sure, MTV has made plenty of marks. But beyond its ground-breaking debut as a music-centric cable station and past, eve ... More >>

Looking Back at Some Other Local Music MTV Moments (Not All Involving the Toadies, Swear)

I see our music blog's celebrating MTV's 30th today by ticking off a few Dallas-music-related moments featured on the former music network over the years. I have since reminded our music editor: I'm old. So old I recall off the top of my bald head a few that were left off the list -- like, say, the ... More >>

Watch: The Famine -- "Ad Mortem"

The Famine​In case you haven't been paying attention: Dallas-Fort Worth has been back on a metal kick of late, with new metal bands popping up and grabbing our attention -- like Warbeast and Maleveller, to name a few. Now there's another act to add to the list of attention-worthy upstarts: Arlingt ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to See Arson Anthem, Warbeast and haarp Tonight at The Rail Club in Fort Worth

As supergroups go, you really can't do much better than Arson Anthem: The hardcore group, which has been around for, oh, four years or so now, features Pantera's Phil Anselmo, Eyehategod's Mike Williams and Hank Williams III -- or, in other words, way more star power than most of the bands that are ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Crushed Stars' Record Release at La Grange, The Demigs at Dan's Silverleaf, Geistheistler at Rubber Gloves, J. Charles and Corey Howe at Bar Belmont and Cowboys From Hell Paso at Trees

A fairly busy Thursday night with some fine local acts showing their stuff all over the area.

Dave Grohl, Kerry King Among Stars Booked To Pay Dimebag Darrell Tribute At October 29 Benefit Jam at Los Angeles' Key Club

​Dave Grohl, Slayer's Kerry King and Dio's Simon Wright are among the rock and metal icons that have been confirmed to participate in an upcoming all-star benefit jam at Los Angeles' the Key Club, held in Arlington native and Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's honor. The event, called Di ... More >>

Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Music Festival with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hellyeah, more

Friday, September 10, at Superpages.com Center

Listomania: The 30 Best Songs About Genitalia

The Caddyshack soundtrack is slightly phallic.​If Cee-Lo wrote the greatest song of all humankind with "Fuck You," which has sufficiently taken over the Internet this week, then Meat Loaf certainly deserves a firm No. 2 spot for his own masterpiece, "California Isn't Big Enough (Hey There Girl)," ... More >>

Ride For Dime Proves "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott Is Not Forgotten.

Bonus MP3: Warbeast -- "Stalker"

Today is the release date for Krush The Enemy, the debut CD from a new thrash band featuring some old Dallas metal pros. In case you haven't read my review yet, Warbeast features singer Bruce Corbitt, best known from his days in the legendary Rigor Mortis, as well as Gammacide's Scott Shelby, Rick ... More >>

Night Moves: Freaks & Fetish Party at The Lizard Lounge (NSFW)

Roderick Pullum​The Lizard Lounge hosted the Freaks & Fetish party (which is very, very NSFW) and specialized performances of the following: Norway's Pain Solution, Snake Oil Sideshow, the "vertical acrobatics" of Pantera Blacksmith (crazy-ass poledancer) and Austin's Lizardman as its host. Pa ... More >>

The Bright Pop Up On MTV's Mini-Show Valemont. But, Wait, There's More?

So there's this MTV mini-show called Valemont, which I think is about vampires on college campuses or something? How unlike MTV to cash in on a trend like that...Back on topic: According to a press release that just popped up in our inboxes, DFW's own The Bright, no strangers to being placed on MTV ... More >>

Grill At Reno's Honors Dimebag Darrell With Blacktooth Whiskey Burger

​"Videobob" Moseley, new owner of The Grill At Reno's (adjacent to Reno's Chop Shop, which, on Thursday, was approved for a three-year extension on its SUP), is introducing a new menu that includes a hamburger inspired by slain Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott. Moseley w ... More >>

A Salute to Those About to Hard Rock, At the Far End of Victory Park

Patrick MichelsThe decor recalls great moments in Texas music history. Also, that time Kelly Clarkson sang at a Cowboys game. The Hard Rock Cafe is finishing up its preparations for a soft opening next week, but invited press to take a look around their new digs today, at the south end of Victory Pa ... More >>

Cradle of Filth, Satyricon,Septic Flesh

Tuesday, February 17, at House of Blues

Vinnie Paul's Latest Gig: Used Cellphone Salesman

Vinnie Paul Abbott's at it again, folks. About half a year after the Pantera, Hellyeah and DamagePlan drummer put his oven up for sale on eBay, Abbott (as seen above) is now selling an old Motorola Startrac--his first cellphone, actually, which was given to him by his brother, the late, great Dimeb ... More >>

Go Ahead. Pick The Last Song To play At Texas Stadium. Just Don't Pick Skynyrd, OK?

A funny little thread over on Unfair Park this morning, surrounding the fact that the Cowboys are letting the fans choose the final song to even be played at Texas Stadium through an online poll. The screen shot above shows the mind-blowing options up for the prestigious honor, although, thankfully, ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Friday, May 16, 2008

Gerard Dirkx Offers His Take On The Greatest DFW Rock Artists

Strung Out

...With their bows out

Today's School Lunch: Honoring Dimebag Darrell

How Great Art Thou

Grand Prairie gets Garfunkel'd

Last Night: Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage at Nokia Theatre

"H-O-O-P-S Yes!" Um, Well, Maybe?

Who'll Buy Their Memories?

Vinnie Paul's Got a New Band, Hellyeah. No, Wait. That's What It's Called: Hellyeah.

Local Hero?

Letters

The Book on Golf

Plus; Sack of Kittens; Annika's TO-DO LIST

Godsmack

Performs May 8

Cover Me

The wave of local tribute bands isn't receding any time soon

Slayer

February 7

Texas weakly

The Monthly's music issue strikes a bum note

Out There

Pantera

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of February 3

Atom and His Package

Electric funeral

Black Sabbath has reunited, but has it cost its members their souls?

Out Here

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Out Here

Out Here