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“He goes, ‘There’s one condition. You have to come to my house, and I’ll stripe it for you personally’”: That time Eddie Van Halen promised Dimebag Darrell a collectible EVH inspired by his beloved Bumblebee – which he vowed to paint himself

Dimebag had designs on getting his name down for a limited-edition Charvel EVH Art Series guitar, but when Van Halen himself found out, he promised to go one step further

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“I couldn’t be happier to come back after all these years”: Pantera’s Rex Brown rejoins Spector’s artist ranks – less than a year after dropping his first Epiphone signature

Brown relied on his Spector basses for the band’s final three albums, and took his stash on the road after Pantera reformed in 2022

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“He kept sneaking into our studio and hanging out with us. And then, the minder would come in like, ‘Have you seen Ozzy?’” Metallica’s Robert Trujillo explains how he met Ozzy Osbourne

Apparently the Prince Of Darkness enjoyed wandering off when he was supposed to be recording music…

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“He wasn’t a phoney. He didn’t have to be somebody else – he felt comfortable being himself“: We lost Dimebag Darrell 20 years ago today. His brother Vinnie Paul never let his memory die

Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell died 20 years ago today, on December 8, 2004. In 2007, his brother Vinnie Paul paid tribute to a giant of metal

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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante says Metallica were right about Napster and that Spotify is where "music goes to die"

Anthrax and revived Pantera drummer says industry 'fucked us so bad. you'd make more money selling lemonade.'

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"If myself and Dave Mustaine could have co-existed, Megadeth would have been a very different band." Kerry King on riffs, venomous housepets and which bands he'd join given the chance

Thrash metal icon Kerry King answers fan questions and discusses which legendary bands he'd love to tour with

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Watch Zakk Wylde bring some metal to the US national anthem ahead of last night's NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and LA Rams

Living guitar god Zakk Wylde hammers out The Star-Spangled Banner

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Azra Games, a blockchain-based video game developer, raises $42 million from Pantera Capital

Many crypto enthusiasts have tried and failed to combine the multi-billion dollar video game industry with NFTs and blockchain technology. Out of 2,817 web3 games launched between 2019 and 2023, 75.5% of them failed, according to a CoinGecko report. For whatever reason, the two industries have struggled to mesh—but that…

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James Hetfield vows Metallica will never be "a legacy band"

New music is a vital part of the package that thrash metal icons Metallica want to keep giving their fans

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“The last time I saw Dimebag Darrell, he hands a bottle of JD over, I take a huge pull off it and throw up. I think I told him I loved him”: Why Nickelback are the rock band all other rock bands secretly wish they were

In 2005, Nickelback were already one of the biggest rock bands in the world – and All The Right Reasons was about to make them even bigger

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“If the company won't step up, the forums will”: After she was revealed as a potential Pantera guitarist, Kramer offered Kayla Kent a guitar – but when it turned down her ideas, a Kramer fan group built it instead

Kent has been playing a rare JK8000 for most of her career, but when Kramer said it couldn't build her a backup, a fan forum stepped in to make her dream guitar a reality

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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera — how to watch, reviews, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Gerard Butler crime thriller

Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson are back in Den of Thieves 2, this time working together. Here's everything you need to know.

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“They actually asked Judas Priest to write music for it. We saw it and decided to avoid it like the plague”: The inside story of Rock Star, Hollywood’s infamous attempt to make a heavy metal movie

Loosely based on Judas Priest, Rock Star saw Hollywood trying to make a metal movie – but does it deserve the hate it gets?

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The four horsemen ride! Metallica announce 2025 North American tour, including Sick New World and Sonic Temple festivals

Metallica will continue their M72 world tour as they trek across North America next year

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“A celebration of Dimebag’s timeless influence”: Dimebag Darrell’s Warhead amp has been revived as a compact lunchbox head – and it was tested during Pantera rehearsals

The affordable 40-watt amp head looks to faithfully deliver “pure, unfiltered Dimebag tone” with pre-set EQ circuits and identical settings – and was put through its paces with Pantera by Zakk Wylde

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“It’s like having a little piece of Dime with you everywhere”: Nail Dimebag Darrell’s fearsome metal tone with the resurrected and reimagined Warhead amp – a 40W high-gain powerhouse, road-tested during Pantera rehearsals

The Warhead mini-amp channels Dimebag's signature Randall for a compact, solid-state vulgar display of power that promises “pure, unfiltered Dimebag tone”

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“We smoked so much weed that we set off the fire alarms and almost killed everybody with the gas that was going to be released”: The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the debut album that revitalised 90s metal

On the 30th anniversary of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, mainman Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut

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“Discover the taste that embodies his raw energy and unparalleled creativity”: A new whiskey company has been launched in Dimebag Darrell’s name – but the wait for his guitars and amps continues

Founded by the Pantera legend’s widow, Rita Haney, Blacktooth Beverages should help the wait for new Dimebag guitars and amps go down smoother

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“I was so difficult to deal with, but I wasn’t the only one in the band doing something that they shouldn’t have been doing”: how Deftones rose above turmoil and tragedy with Diamond Eyes

Deftones are one of modern metal‘s most acclaimed bands – and its most turbulent

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Telegram CEO's arrest puts spotlight on an app rife with guns, drugs and everything illegal

Here are some screenshots of some of the more outrageous listings that show pictures of heroin and stolen credit cards.

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“Dime had wanted to do a solo project for years… There was so much second-guessing and worrying about sounding like Pantera”: Inside the making of Dimebag Darrell’s final album

When the Abbott brothers’ main band collapsed, Dimebag’s solo record took on new meaning and became Damageplan’s New Found Power. Longtime associate and co-producer Sterling Winfield argues that triumph came out of the tragedies – even though it took fans years to realize it

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“We want to be top of the game for our generation. We want to headline Download!”: how Avenged Sevenfold stepped up to metal’s big league with Hail To The King

Avenged Sevenfold headline the 2024 Download Festival this weekend – but they were talking about it more than 10 years ago

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CMT Digital turns to ex–Pantera Capital exec to help raise $150 million for fourth fund

CMT Digital is hoping to raise $150 million in its fourth fund.

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“There are five million disgraceful heavy metal bands. What’s the point of being just another Metallica imitator?”: how Avenged Sevenfold took on the haters with their epic fourth album

Avenged Sevenfold’s self-titled fourth album found them ripping up their own blueprint - with brilliant results

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“Where’s the noise? Where is the ugliness that we find compelling in beauty?” The Dandy Warhols’ Peter Holmström and Courtney Taylor-Taylor on their struggles with the wrong guitars and boring amps, and how they collaborated with Slash

With influences ranging from Pantera and Black Sabbath to Bauhaus, an ever-changing pedal chain, and a mission statement that’s never changed, the Dandy Warhols are still – 30 years into their career – keeping it weird

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