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Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann is a 25 year-old music addict with a taste for punk, metal and the touch of a keyboard. He is the current Senior Writer for Loudwire. Graham has been active in the music and entertainment industries since college, having worked for Metal Injection, Earache Records, The End Records, The Opie and Anthony Show and the Le Scandal Burlesque Show as a musician and stage manager. Favorite bands: The Ramones, Iron Maiden, Strike Anywhere, Poison the Well, Tool, Puscifer, Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Bad Religion, Rufio, Salome, Shining, Descendents, Gwar, System of a Down, The Beatles, Suffocation, Bloodbath, Polaris, Mark Mulcahy, Nirvana, Dead Kennedys ---> www.facebook.com/gruhamed
Oderus Urungus of Gwar
Liz Ramanand, Loudwire

GWAR Reveal Additional Acts for 2013 GWAR-B-Q + Release Brutal Commercial

Outer space metal act GWAR has just puked up more details concerning the fourth annual GWAR-B-Q. The 2013 edition of the GWAR-B-Q festivities has just doubled in size when it comes to bands and the intergalactic group have authorized a special commercial featuring an evil Slave Pit puppet to promote the event.

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Dimebag Darrell Wax Statue
Rock Legends Wax Museum

Late Pantera Guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott Immortalized in Canadian Wax Museum

If you happen to be on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls anytime soon, you may want to check out the Rock Legends Wax Museum during your trip. The tourist attraction boasts a fair number of wax statues, but now metalheads can gather round a new life-sized figure of late Pantera guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott.

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Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden
Mary Ouellette, shewillshootyou.com

Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd Recalls Time When He Nearly Became Nirvana’s Lead Guitarist

Did you know that Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd nearly became a member of Nirvana? Before either Soundgarden or Nirvana became grunge legends, Shepherd almost became Nirvana's second guitarist, but the band chose instead to remain a three-piece until the addition of Germs strummer Pat Smear.

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Liz Ramanand, Loudwire
Liz Ramanand, Loudwire

DevilDriver Reveal Release Date + Artwork for Upcoming Album ‘Winter Kills’

Californian metal heavyweights DevilDriver have just revealed the album title, cover art and release plans for their sixth studio album, 'Winter Kills.' The frostbitten release from DevilDriver was tracked by Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, All That Remains) and is set to drop on Aug. 27.

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Tony Iommi
Robert Cianflone, Getty Images

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi: I Will Be Fighting Lymphoma for the Rest of My Life

Although Tony Iommi's health has been improving since his early 2012 cancer diagnosis, some unfortunate news has been made public by the iconic Black Sabbath guitarist. Having thought his lymphoma was gone, Iommi was recently informed by his doctor that he most probably never be completely cancer-free.

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Slash Praises New Chester Bennington-Fronted Stone Temple Pilots Song

The news of Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington replacing Scott Weiland's spot in Stone Temple Pilots has been receiving a ton of buzz since it was revealed during a live performance on May 18. Having also experienced a complex musical relationship with Scott Weiland in Velvet Revolver, Slash offered his two cents on the new STP lineup via Twitter.

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Ozzy Osbourne
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Ozzy Osbourne Performs Black Sabbath + Solo Hits at ‘An Evening with Women’ Cancer Benefit

Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne dropped by the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center's 'An Evening with Women' cancer fundraiser on May 18. Hosted by comedienne Kathy Griffin, musicians Natasha Bedingfield and Sia performed at the function, but the highlight of the night was Ozzy himself, who performed a short set consisting of both Black Sabbath and solo hits.

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