"Heavy metal in Iraq's most divided city...

Heavy metal in Iraq's most divided city

 Mashable! by Tyler Essary  

Murad Khalid is a metalhead.

He's also a Turkmen, an Iraqi and an electrician. But those things are less important to him than fronting Dark Phantom, Kirkuk's premier – read: only –death metal band.

"Watch President Barack Obama Praise Finland's Metal Culture (Seriously!)

Watch President Barack Obama Praise Finland's Metal Culture (Seriously!)

Metal Injection by Robert Pasbani  / 

I wonder if Barack Obama blasts Children of Bodom?

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"Indonesian Shop Owners Arrested For KREATOR Shirt With Communist Logo On It

Indonesian Shop Owners Arrested For KREATOR Shirt With Communist Logo On It

Metal Injection by Greg Kennelty 

Communism doesn't have a great history in Indonesia.

Indonesian men arrested for selling Kreator t-shirts avoid treason charge

Metal Hammer

"Why Yes, a Cruise for Metalheads Does Include a Mosh Pit in the Pool

Why Yes, a Cruise for Metalheads Does Include a Mosh Pit in the Pool

Wired Top Stories by Laura Mallonee

Forget the tropical shirts and suntan oil. These cruisers are into shredding, head banging, and lots of leather. 

"7 Heavy Metal Conspiracies

7 Heavy Metal Conspiracies

Metal Injection by Benjamin Welton 

Conspiracies include Black Sabbath, AC/DC, KISS and the metal cult.

"Heavy Metal Parking Lot, the Cult Classic Film That Ranks as One of the “Great Rock Documentaries” of All Time...

Watch Heavy Metal Parking Lot, the Cult Classic Film That Ranks as One of the “Great Rock Documentaries” of All Time

Open Culture by Josh Jones  

Growing up in the Washington, DC suburbs in the 80s and 90s among a certain subculture of disaffected youth meant that the short cult documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot had an especially legendary status. Everybody seemed to know a friend of a friend’s older brother or sister who had been caught on camera by filmmakers John Heyn and Jeff Krulik outside that 1986 Judas Priest concert at Largo, Maryland’s Capital Centre (RIP). But geographical proximity alone to the titular parking lot does not explain the 17-minute video’s popularity.

"Listen to heavy metal covers of iPhone ringtones

Listen to heavy metal covers of iPhone ringtones

Boing Boing by David Pescovitz

ToxicEternity plays a metal medley of iPhone ringtones.