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A Headbangers Guide to St. Patrick's Day [PLAYLIST]

Double Down — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:50:18 +0000

St. Patrick’s Day is a great holiday where even if you aren’t Irish, you can be for the day. You can enjoy the corned beef and cabbage, drink and be merry with the best of them. This is no exception for the hard rocking headbangers. While the bagpipes accordions, fiddles and whistles may not be [...]

The Top 14 Anti-Valentine's Day Songs for Headbangers [List]

Double Down — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:00:18 +0000

Who wants to hear a sappy power ballad when you're flying solo? That's part of what makes hard rock and heavy metal so great around this time of the year, it helps get out a lot of pent up aggression. So if you are making it an anti-Valentine's Day this year, you may want to start with these headbanging tunes on your iPod to get you fired up.

10 Songs That Will Rock Your Christmas

Double Down — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:00:12 +0000

Tired of listening to the old boring Yuletide favorites on your iPod? Can't take another minute of listening to the 'Dominick the Donkey' or even worse, 'The Christmas Shoes'? Well then get ready to ho-ho-headbang your way into Christmas this year with 10 of the coolest rocking tunes this side of the North Pole. It's advised that when you listen to these songs, if you feel the urge to start a mosh pit, don't do it around the tree.

The Black Widow vs Feed My Frankenstein – The Metal Meltdown [VIDEO, POLL]

Double Down — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:30:53 +0000

Every Saturday night we wage a fierce battle during the Slaughterhouse entitled the the Metal Meltdown. We take 2 bands, musicians or songs, pit them against each other and YOU decide the winner by casting your vote!This week’s battle celebrates the music of one of our very own dj’s that you hear every night here [...]

Headbanging Bear Rocks Out on Air Guitar [VIDEO]

Double Down — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:30:12 +0000

Apparently you don’t always need music to soothe the savage beast. Sometimes even the animal kingdom just wants to rock out! Here is a great video of a bear who looks like he was made to play air guitar with the best of them. Someone caught it on film and put some head banging music [...]

The Top 20 Headbanging Tunes for The Daytona 500 [PLAYLIST]

Double Down — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:30:37 +0000

The Daytona 500, the crown jewel of NASCAR's races, is this weekend. There may be no better genre of music to go along with the adrenaline rush of NASCAR then hard rock and heavy metal. To get yourself prepped for the big race, you need the proper soundtrack, right? So here's 20 headbang

10 Live Black Sabbath Performances [VIDEOS, LIST]

Double Down — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:16:48 +0000

One of the Godfathers of heavy metal, guitarist Tony Iommi is celebrating his 64th birthday this weekend. Tony is one of the all-time greatest musicians and a pioneer of a whole genre of music. To honor him, we've put together ten performances of classic Black Sabbath songs both with Ozzy and the late, great Ronnie James Dio on vocals. Tha

Slaughterhouse Throwback Video Of The Week

Double Down — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:01:41 +0000

Each week the Slaughterhouse takes a look back at one classic hard rock/heavy metal video. This weeks video if from the legendary band Kiss. In celebration of singer Paul Stanley’s 60th birthday yesterday (1/20) we thought we’d put up a special unplugged performance of the Kiss classic ‘I Still Love You’ from their Creatures of [...]

Metallica Performs "Blackened" & "Overkill" Live at Yankees Stadium [Video]

Double Down — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0000

I had the privilege of seeing the Big 4 show this fall at Yankees Stadium. It was a day of metal mayhem starting at 4pm with Anthrax opening the show and then culminating with a killer 2-hour set from Metallica later on that night. The Big 4 did not disappoint!