Top Hard Rock Stories of 2020
The year's most-clickable links on Loudwire, Blabbermouth + many more
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The Most Viewed Hard Rock + Metal Stories of 2020
LOUDWIRE
Ted Nugent Calls Tommy Lee ‘Felon’ + ‘Addict,’ Drummer Bites Back
Sebastian Bach Leaves Interview After Halford Joke, Rob Responds
David Crosby Forgot Eddie Van Halen Died Prior to ‘Meh’ Tweet
The Woman on the Cover of ‘Black Sabbath’ Album Has Been Found
Pop Star Doja Cat Shocks Fans With Metal MTV Award Performance
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BLABBERMOUTH
01. DAVID CROSBY Draws Ire Of VAN HALEN Fans After Dismissive EDDIE VAN HALEN Tweet
02. VINCE NEIL's Slurring CAMEO Video Goes Viral
06. RAMMSTEIN Singer TILL LINDEMANN Spends Night In ICU, Tests Negative For COVID-19
07. METALLICA To Stream Complete Live Show Every Monday
08. EDDIE VAN HALEN Dead At 65
09. Here Is A New Photo Of VINCE NEIL At Country Concert In Tennessee
10. OZZY OSBOURNE Cancels 2020 North American 'No More Tours 2' Dates
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METAL INJECTION
Figure Skating Duo Perform to METALLICA "Nothing Else Matters"
This Clip of Metalheads Teaching A Young Girl How To Mosh Is So Heartwarming
VINCE NEIL's Drunken, Slurring Cameo That He Charged $400 For Goes Viral
Eddie Van Halen Once Pointed A Gun At Fred Durst After Durst Wouldn't Give His Gear Back
Iranian Metal Band ARSAMES Arrested, Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For "Playing Satanic Music"
Why Are People Losing Their Shit Over These New Photos Of OZZY OSBOURNE With Gray Hair?
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THE PRP
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METALSUCKS
This Time-Lapse Video of Rammstein’s 60-Hour Stage Setup Process is Insane
Video: Dude Slays Rage Against the Machine Medley on a Slide Guitar in the Snowy Woods
Ticketmaster Has Quietly Changed Its Refund Policy (You’re Not Getting Your Money Back)
Video: Vince Neil Preparing for Big Mötley Crüe Summer Tour That Will No Longer Happen
Sexual Harassment and Bullying: Booking Titan John Finberg’s Accusers Speak Out
Corey Taylor Throws More Shade at Members of Slipknot and Stone Sour
Wife of Slayer’s Tom Araya is Sharing Racist, Pro-Police and Conspiracy Theory Memes on Social Media
Corey Taylor Says Some Slipknot Members are “F*cking Miserable” People
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REVOLVER
Watch Slipknot and Korn’s Insane Live Cover of Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”
Brian Posehn: 10 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Songs in Metal
See Tool’s Danny Carey Play “Pneuma” In Stunning Drum Cam Video
Hear Evanescence’s Amy Lee Duet With Ice-T On Body Count’s New Song “When I’m Gone”
Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows: Why I Stand With The “Black Lives Matter” Movement
See Tool-Approved Mashup of “Sober” and Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”: “Zober”
The Epic Story of ‘Back in Black’: How AC/DC Rose From Tragedy Stronger Than All
How Mongolian Band The Hu Made A Song for ’Star Wars’ In An Alien Language
Maynard James Keenan Looks Back On Deftones’ ‘White Pony,’ “Passenger” Duet
KERRANG!
Corey Taylor: "You can’t experience joy unless you know what real sadness feels like"
An oral history of Black Sabbath: The album that started heavy metal
Zoltan Bathory: "When I say that nothing is impossible, I truly believe it"
Billie Joe Armstrong: Life lessons in punk rock
The More Things Change: How Biffy Clyro found hope in chaos
Zakk Wylde: "Ozzy said, 'Look at this kid, he must really love Randy Rhoads...' I shit my pants and he said, 'Change your pants then we'll play'"
The life and legacy of Andrew Wood: The lost hero of grunge
The secrets behind Deftones' new album, Ohms: Inside the studio for the first time
Family, fortitude and Grey Daze: The making of Chester Bennington
Obey Your Maestro: Metallica, Cliff Burton, and metal's classical heart
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LAMBGOAT
Miss Fortune singer details troubling relationship with Tyler Carter
Premonitions Of War guitarist arrested with $1.9 million in cash
And lastly, LAMBGOAT’s Top News Since 2000 (!)
After The Burial guitarist Justin Lowe found dead (2015)
Slayer, Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Behemoth, Testament tour (2018)
Indiana metal band defaces Dimebag Darrell’s grave (2015)
ex-Champion, True Identity singer accused of being ‘child predator’ (2016)
Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying) reportedly out of jail (2017)
Rotting Out singer arrested for trafficking drugs (2016)
Ticketmaster changes refund policy amid COVID-19 outbreak (2020)
As I Lay Dying singer arrested for plotting murder (2013)
Emmure members all quit band except vocalist (2015)
Tim Lambesis filed $35 million lawsuit over enlarged breasts (2016)
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