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Why Metal Fans are brainier
29 December 2010
As Metallica once said, let it be written. It's not the students who love Radiohead that are likely to be the brainiest in their University but the kid down the hall with the Tool t-shirt and a fixation with the floor. A study published today reveals that a disproportionate number of...
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Black Country Communion interview
27 December 2010
Glenn Hughes, known throughout the world as both Deep Purple and Black Sabbath vocalist, or more simply as the ‘Voice of Rock’ has recently returned with his lauded new band known as Black Country Communion. With a name like that, it was of no surprise Home of Metal’s collective...
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Home Of Metal Exhibition designer appointed
20 December 2010
We're delighted to have appointed Studio Myerscough as the designers for the Home Of Metal exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery which will be taking place next summer. They were responsible for the Matthew Boulton show at BMAG, as well as having worked on a number of really high...
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V&A archive visit
09 December 2010
This week as part our research journey we went to the V&A in London to see what they held in their archive in terms of artefacts that would be relevant for our Home Of Metal exhibition next summer. We uncovered some real gems in cluding this Black Sabbath gig poster from a show played at the...
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