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All fans of real 80's heavy metal it is time to rejoice. It was announced today tha Rob halford has rejoined Judas Priest. The world tour will begin in 2004. Yes I know this isn't politically related but For those of us who remember their heyday this is exciting.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Extending rock music's recent reign over the U.S. pop charts, Metallica (news - web sites) grabbed the No. 1 spot with the debut of "St. Anger," its first studio album in more than five years. On the verge of splintering a few years ago, the veteran heavy metal act's recent moves to get in touch with its vulnerable side appear to have paid off. "St. Anger," produced after fractious band members hired a therapist to help them work better as a team, sold a whopping 418,000 copies during the sales week ended Sunday, according to retail...

Noteworthy Nobodies: Beatallica spoofs, remains mysterious Anybody can make a spoof of a popular song, but only Beatallica can spoof the style of a band with the songs of another. The Beatles is one of the most influential bands of rock music, and in the genre of heavy metal, there are few as highly revered as Metallica. Like a crazy edition of Marvel's "What If?" comic, Beatallica takes the beautiful songs of The Beatles, changes the lyrics and mixes them with the never-ending thrash of Metallica (pre-black album, of course). Beatallica is, in a way, similar to Apocalyptica, the famed...

THE IDEA, says Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break a subject’s resistance by annoying that person with what some Iraqis would consider culturally offensive music. The songs that are being played include “Bodies” from the Vin Diesel “XXX” movie soundtrack and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” “These people haven’t heard heavy metal before,” he explains. “They can’t take it.” Few people could put up with the sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, and kiddie songs aren’t that much easier, especially when selections include the “Sesame Street” theme and some of purple dinosaur Barney’s crooning. —Adam Piore

Blaze, smoke engulf victims within seconds 02/22/2003 BY JENNIFER LEVITZ and ZACHARY R. MIDER Journal Staff Writers WEST WARWICK -- A fireworks display exploded into flames at a small-town nightclub, killing at least 96 people, injuring another 180, and turning a carefree night of rock 'n' roll into the worst disaster in Rhode Island since the Hurricane of 1938. There were up to 360 people in The Station in West Warwick around 11 p.m. Thursday as the band, Great White, launched into its first song, "Desert Moon." Pyrotechnics ignited on the back of the stage. Within 20 seconds, the club...

What is that saying about a butterfly flapping its wings in Japan causing voter disenfrachisement in Florida? VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Thousands of irate fans rampaged outside a downtown venue Thursday night after a concert by the band Guns N' Roses was canceled because lead singer Axl Rose failed to appear. A band spokesman said poor weather conditions in Los Angeles held up Rose's flight to Vancouver. The band had practiced at the venue without him Wednesday. The spokesman said a concert scheduled Friday at the Tacoma Dome, about 30 miles south of Seattle, would proceed as planned. In Vancouver,...

Filed at 4:21 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock guitarist Robbin Crosby, a founding member of the 1980s heavy-metal ``hair'' band Ratt, has died after an eight-year battle with AIDS, according to the group's official Web site. He was 42. Crosby, who went public with his illness in a radio interview last July, saying he had contracted the disease through heroin use, died on Thursday. The band's Web site (http://www.therattpack.com) carried a photograph of the guitarist performing in concert beneath the words, ``In Memory of Robbin Crosby.'' The site's ``forum'' section posted dozens of messages of condolences from grieving...

Follow the link for full article to read more, but according to the mirror.co.uk, Ozzy has put some rather funny demands on his and his family's contract for the second season of The Osbournes, including signing the contract with blood. As a cynical person of decidedly secular worldview my greatest concern about this eccentricity is the possibility of infection caused by unsanitary instruments, but I am certain that persons with different worldviews are going to have their own opinions about this...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Prices rise as Nevada yields 50 millionth troy ounce RENO -- A gold-drenched 40-mile swath of Nevada has produced more riches in the past four decades than all but two other mining regions in the world. This week one of the mines on the Carlin Trend poured out the 50 millionth troy ounce, enough gold from the northeastern Nevada bonanza to fill a couple of average-size living rooms. "This reinforces Nevada as one of the top gold producing regions worldwide," said Russ Fields, president of the Nevada Mining Association. Only South...