Miscellaneous Rock Links: Metal Hurts Heart, XM Sirius Programming, More Maiden…

1. Study with infinite loopholes finds that heavy metal music restricts blood flow to the heart causing added stress [gigwise.com]. 2. Lame vampire soundtrack bumps AC/DC’s Black Ice from the peak position on the US pop chart [reuters.com]. 3. XM and Sirius finally merge their stations. Sirius “Hard Attack” is now “Liquid Metal” and “Buzzsaw” […]

Miscellaneous Rock Links: Deftone in Coma, VH1 Metal Show, Def Leppard Goes Country…

1. The bassist of The Deftones, Chi Cheng, is reported to be in a coma following an auto accident [latimes.com]. 2. “The View” meets “Headbanger’s Ball” on “The Metal Show” beginning Nov. 15 on VH1 Classic [hardrockhideout.com]. 3. Metallica plans to release “All Nightmare Long” as their next single, including a music video, in December […]

Miscellaneous Rock Links: Brian May’s Disappearing Guitars, Elvis Wine, End of Slayer?…

1. The guitars of Brian May [Queen] have mysteriously disappeared from Chinese Democracy track [93x.com]. 2. Thrash metal legends, Slayer, will record two more records before calling it quits [ultimate-guitar.com]. 3. Chris Cornell compares Timbaland to Pink Floyd. Ugh. C’mon Chris…get the long awaited Soundgarden reunion together and put us out of our misery [mtv.com]. […]