http://bemetal.com ...because everyone should be METAL Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:57:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As much as I disdain giving "that band that starts with the letter M" coverage, this story was just too weird to pass up: Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby ... http://bemetal.com/2007/04/06/couple-fights-to-name-baby/ Telegraph.co.uk has confirmed what we've known all along: Intelligent teenagers often listen to heavy metal music to cope with the pressures associated with being talented, according to research. ... Researchers found that, far from being a sign of delinquency and poor academic ability, many adolescent "metalheads" are extremely bright and often use the ... http://bemetal.com/2007/03/22/heavy-metal-a-comfort-for-the-bright-child/ It looks like coverbrowser.com has put together a list of the worst album covers of all time. I'm not sure how they came up with the list, but some noteworthy metal shows up: #8: Stryken - First Strike #11: Wolf - Wolf #23: Manowar - Anthology See them all here. An amusing list, but ... http://bemetal.com/2006/12/18/worst-album-covers/ One of WikiHow's featured articles of the day: While most people associate death metal music with a bunch of guys grunting and slapping detuned guitars randomly, there's a multitude of reasons why this genre maintains a strong following and earns the fierce loyalty of many listeners worldwide. If you're curious about ... http://bemetal.com/2006/12/06/how-to-appreciate-death-metal/ Being a metalhead with a daughter on the way, I find this to be even more disturbing that you will. What would happen if The Wiggles met Rob Zombie backstage at a Gwar concert and decided to form a band together? I'm not really sure, but I'd bet they would sound ... http://bemetal.com/2006/12/04/first-metal-band-for-kids/ From telegraph.co.uk: A teenager who was stabbed in the eye during her school lunch break said a "gang mentality" singled out pupils for their music and fashion tastes. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, narrowly escaped losing her sight in the attack last November. She had been the victim of ... http://bemetal.com/2006/08/31/metaler-girl-stabbed-in-eye/ From Style Weekly: [Susan Greenbaum] and lead screamer of Lamb of God are planning a duet on Greenbaum’s Christmas album. The two met while Greenbaum was recording the album at Sound of Music Studios at Third and Broad streets. She was working on her project downstairs and Blythe was doing preproduction ... http://bemetal.com/2006/06/08/randy-goes-x-mas/ As you may have guessed from my recent lack of posting, I haven't had much time or inspiration to add stories here for a while. So I'm thinking, maybe there are others out there with a bit more time on their hands who might want to contribute? If you're interested, ... http://bemetal.com/2006/05/24/write-for-bemetal/ Ok, this is still just a rumor, but it seems that a reliable source is saying that DragonForce will be on this year's Sounds of the Underground tour!!! I really hope this is true. I just caught their first ever show in the US this weekend at the NEMHF, and it was ... http://bemetal.com/2006/05/04/dragonforce-on-sounds-of-the-underground/ Mark your calendars! From nationaldayofslayer.org: 6.6.06 isn't a date that comes around very often (once per century, to be exact), and while plenty of stupid horror movies and terrible albums will be released for the hype value of the day that bears "the number of the beast", we here at NDoS decided ... http://bemetal.com/2006/05/02/national-day-of-slayer/