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MICHAEL PAGET, BETTER KNOWN AS just "Padge," plays a combination of catchy melodies and crafty lead riffs that helped propel his Welsh band, Bullet for My Valentine, up the charts and onto worldwide concert tours.

American "shock rock" band Slipknot led the nominations on Wednesday for the Kerrang! Awards, Britain's biggest heavy metal music prize.

Swedish "pop/metal" band DEAD BY APRIL played two songs acoustically for Expressen TV 's "XL Live" in May 2009.

For a dedicated corps of Louisville metalheads, the louder, the better. And they really don't care if you don't want to come along for the ride.

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA 's June 24, 2009 concert in Rome, Italy a ' including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances a ' can be viewed below.

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA 's June 22, 2009 concert in Milan, Italy a ' including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances a ' can be viewed below.

1977 - Elvis Presley played his final concert at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

Two years ago, Michel Langevin thought - even hoped - that his band, Voivod, was finished.

Caption: Kirk Hammond from Metallica arriving at Groucho London, England .... Late METALLICA rocker CLIFF BURTON's life is to be immortalised in a new biography.

Lars Ulrich gives an exclusive interview about headlining Ozzfest and Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic.

The first ever biography written about Metallica 's late bass player Cliff Burton is being sold through the band's website right now for $20. " To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton " chronicles Cliff 's time with the band including recording their groundbreaking first three albums.

Reviewed by: themtalisgood , on june 19, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: Symphorce make a very immediate impression with a mix of rough riffs and melodies.

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA 's June 17, 2009 concert in Oslo, Norway a ' including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances a ' can be viewed below.

"For all of our friends with tickets to the sold out show in Ottawa on October 29, we hope that date is on your calendar in pencil!" the band wrote in a message posted at its website .

Mickey Rourke's character in "The Wrestler" blamed it on Kurt Cobain. In actuality, Nirvana is usually given credit for dethroning Michael Jackson and L.A. hair metal bands like Poison from their lofty but irrelevant perches.

THE WILDHEARTS, ARCHITECTS, GLAMOUR OF THE KILL Confirmed For U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival - June 17, 2009 THE WILDHEARTS , ARCHITECTS , GLAMOUR OF THE KILL and FACT ave been confirmed for the METALLICA -headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom.

Caption: Kirk Hammond from Metallica arriving at Groucho London, England .... METALLICA bandmates LARS ULRICH and JAMES HETFIELD are to rock their adopted Marin, California for the first time in a bid to raise funds for a planned museum exhibit.

It's difficult to come to terms with the fact that 15 years have passed since Smash made SoCal skate-punk act The Offspring a crossover sensation, unleashing some of the best punk anthems - Bad Habit, Self-Esteem, Come Out and Play - of the '90s. For some, back in '94, Smash was already the beginning of the end.

California's Marin Independent Journal reports that Metallice is set to play a benefit show for the Marin History Museum.

James Hetfield , a Marin resident, has said his band Metallica will play a fundraiser concert in September for the Marin History Museum.