Metal Masters 5: Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Testament, Pantera Members Live Concert (Video)
By Empress Eve | @ | January 25th, 2014 at 4:33 pm
The Metal Masters clinic held their annual concert on January 22, 2014 at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA, where members of metal giants like Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Testament, Pantera, and more shared the stage to play songs together from their respective back catalogs.
Pro-shot footage of the 3-hour headbanging event, Metal Masters 5, is now online and you can watch it here below.
Some of the songs played were Iron Maiden and KISS covers, but most were from the aforementioned bands, like Slayer's "South Of Heaven" and "Raining Blood" and Pantera's "I'm Broken," "Strength Beyond Strength," and "Mouth For War." And the all-star jam finale? Pantera's "Fucking Hostile," sung by frontman Phil Anselmo and Testament's Chuck Billy; a nice touch was seeing bass titan Billy Sheehan playing along on this one, and on Slayer's "Mandatory Suicide" WITH the guys from Slayer. Too awesome.
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Tags: Anthrax, Billy Sheehan, Megadeth, Metal Masters, Mike Portnoy, Pantera, Slayer, Steve Vai, Testament
Music Review: The Winery Dogs
By Culturesmash | September 4th, 2013 at 10:00 pm
The Winery Dogs
Audio CD | MP3
Loud & Proud Records
In this era of Katy Perry pop music and gritty alternative metal there isn't as clear a place for bands that play straight ahead hard rock and metal. This is the new alternative in many ways as it was when the genre was first born of punk music in the '70s. Many of the best musicians from the '80s and early '90s still have a lot of creative energy but there just isn't the call for the bands that they were once a part of; or these musicians are older and more experimental.
What's more and more popular are the super bands, new groups made up of strong musicians from a variety of bands from that era. An example, and possibly the most successful super band currently playing music today, is Chickenfoot, which features Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) on vocals Joe Satriani on guitar, Michael Anthony (Van Halen) on bass, and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Another example of one of these super bands touring and releasing music is Black Country Communion. The Winery Dogs features Richie Kotzen (Poison), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big), and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theatre) on drums. While Kotzen was a member of Mr. Big for a time in the '80s he was just as well known as a solo artist and guitar virtuoso.
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Tags: Billy Sheehan, Loud & Proud Records, Mike Portnoy, Richie Kotzen, The Winery Dogs