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Heavy Metal Studies Available at Leeds Metropolitan University

I find it very interesting that heavy metal, a genre traditionally thought of as being ‘dirty’ and rough is attracting more and more scholars around it. Recently, it’s been finding more and more space in Universities, and now, a full course was dedicated to heavy metal, at the Leeds Metropolitan University. “There are also some academics who think heavy metal is a great evil, and we still see some papers written that claim metal fans…

Christopher Lee talks about the heavy metal he will release on his 91st birthday

Sir Christopher Lee, legendary british actor, who served in WWII is definitely one of the most fascinating people alive. How you can go from serving in the war, to playing Dracula, then Saruman, then to sing heavy metal, all with excellent performances is just beyond me. Did you know he was the only man part of the LOTR movies that actually met Tolkien? Or that he volunteered to volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces…