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You may recall the last Metal Masters clinic. It happened in NYC a few days before the Big 4 show at Yankee Stadium. The event featured Charlie Benante and Frank Bello (Anthrax), David Ellefson (Megadeth), Mike Portnoy, and Kerry King of Slayer. It was a night of lessons, and more importantly jamming. Phil fucking Anselmo [...]

In the High Times interview we posted a few weeks back, Phil Anselmo told the stoner mag that Rex Brown couldn't stop drinking and that ultimately led to Rex getting fired from their band Down. The "Metal Maiden" interviewed Rex and his new band Kill Devil Hill, and he gave his side of the story, in which he [...]

I can't believe it's already October. I still remember being incredibly shit-faced on New Years as if it was yesterday. Now I have to think up a Halloween costume? Oy. While I ponder that, here are the videos and stories you may have missed this week: We posted a slew of new interviews with the [...]

What a crazy week this has been, between the huge Big 4 show on Wednesday and all the happenings at the beginning of the week, you may have missed some things that fell through the cracks. With that, let's take a look back at the biggest happenings of this week on the site: Let's get [...]

A few months ago, things were looking up, when Dimebag's self-professed "hag" Rita Haney mentioned that her and Phil have pretty much buried the hatchet. She also went onto mention that Vinnie Paul was none to happy about it. Well, if he was reconsidering his stance, Phil may have just done a disservice to healing [...]

If there is a metal supergroup worth paying attention to, it's Down. So it's been a little worrying to hear some of the rumors going around that bassist Rex Brown may be leaving the band. Is he definitely gone? Would it be just a temporary hiatus? Will Patrick Bruders (Crowbar) be the new official bass [...]

Peter Steele died one year ago today, and there have been an outpouring of tributes around the net. His family has set up a blog where they have been posting thoughts throughout the week. Metalsucks has by-far the most comprehensive look back, featuring interviews with his bandmates and family members. Meanwhile, Revolver posted some touching [...]

Down has been on hiatus for a few months, but according to Phil Anselmo, it won't last long. The band has already lined up six shows in March and April and is already in the beginning stages of writing a new record. In a recent interview, Anselmo gave some insight on the band's upcoming schedule: [...]

As the year is comes to a close, we will be taking you through the Best of 2010. Over the next couple of days, expect top 10 album lists from most of our writers, as well as the top stories & videos of the year. These are the top 10 stories of 2010. Please note, [...]

Well this is a bit of a pleasant shocker. A few weeks ago, Dimebag's girlfriend, Rita Haney organized Dimebash, where a bunch of Dime's friends would get together and jam on old Pantera tunes. Kerry King, one of the people who got the invite, let it slip that Phil Anselmo was going to be there, [...]

Well, Phil Anselmo might not have been there, but it still looks like the DimeBash went off great this weekend. The show, which happened at the Key Club in LA was a fundraiser for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. But let's be honest, that's just an excuse to party – [...]

UPDATE Friday 10/29 5:25pm EST – Blabbermouth is reporting that numerous sources have told them Phil Anselmo will not be at the event tonight. The Dime Bash, a huge party at LA's Key Club is happening tonight to honor the memory of Dimebag Darrell. Additionally, proceeds go to Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout [...]

On this edition of the Metal Injection Livecast, we were joined by iwrestledabearonce guitarist Steven Bradley. Steven called in at the top of the second hour and answered a lot of serious questions about his gear, the band name, and their silly song titles, as well as how they got in touch with Dennis Haskins [...]

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We love Pantera here at the Metal Injection studios, and we love Phil Anselmo. When we checked in with him last year, we joked that he is "forming coherent sentences again," after giving an interview where he seemed very introspective and sober. With that being said, we found a story today posted by our buddy [...]

There was a while when I thought that Phil Anselmo was done. I saw him playing with Superjoint Ritual a few years ago and dude was not in good shape. He looked bloated, was clearly fucked up and was spewing a whole lotta racism between songs. It's no secret that he thinks very highly of [...]