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From Venom to Deafheaven: The 4 Most Important Black Metal Albums From Each of the Past Four Decades (opens the original)
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I know, I know, that title already kind of gives away some of the mystique. If you choose to read on, however, I think you’ll see that there are still some surprises in the black metal shadows. This genre, so extreme and macabre, is very complicated to be a fan of. There are some, let’s say, unseemly ideologies running amok amidst these satanic lo-fi guitars and blast beat drums. But when we trace back the most important points of its existence, we hit some very crucial records. As well as some
This Yacht Rock Icon Fathered a Child When He Was 14, and They Just Met for the First Time (opens the original)
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Decades after fathering a child at 14, yacht rock icon Michael McDonald has been reunited with his lost son. Michael Goessling was adopted as an infant and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents, Paul and Kay Goessling, brought him into their home after his teenage parents gave him up for adoption. “Always knew I was adopted,” Goessling told local news outlet First Alert 4. “Had a wonderful childhood. I could not pick two finer folks to raise me.” While he lived a very content life, Goessli
Daughtry Shares Candid Feelings About ‘Butt Rock’ and Whether He’d Ever Go Country (opens the original)
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We throw the term “butt rock” around all willy-nilly these days. But have we ever actually stopped to think of how it might impact the artist making music that gets associated with this classification? Well, in the case of one Mr. Chris Daughtry at least, he doesn’t really mind it. During a September 2026 L.A. Times interview, Daughtry was asked about being labeled “butt rock,” and his response was deeply respectable. “It makes me laugh,” the former American Idol contestant confessed. “When we g
Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant, Founder of Venom and Godfather of Black Metal, Dead at 63 (opens the original)
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The legendary Conrad “Cronos” Lant, co-founder of the British metal band Venom and the godfather of black metal, has died. He was 63. No cause of death has been disclosed. Cronos’ death was announced in a memorial shared on Venom’s official social media pages. “It is with profound sadness and broken hearts that we share the news that Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant has passed away,” the band said. For more than four decades, Conrad’s voice, bass and vision were at the heart of Venom.” “From the first dark
Legendary Shock Rocker Reveals His Crack Cocaine Addiction ‘Almost Killed’ Him (opens the original)
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Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper was quite the hellion in his younger years. While he’s been sober for many decades now, there was actually a time when his crack cocaine addiction “almost killed” him. Cooper has a new memoir on the way, titled Devil on My Shoulder. The book is set for release on Oct. 6, 2026. In the book, he recalls his life in the late 70s and early 80s when his crack addiction was at its worst. Notably, he’s stint with the drug came after he’d already been to rehab for alco
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