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Black Sabbath - homecoming show!

30 April 2012

Frankly. its the news we've been hoping and wishing for since the Home of Metal team first caught wind of the Sabbath reunion. The godfathers of Heavy Metal will be playing warm up show to their Download Festival appearance in Birmingham on Saturday 19 May. They'll be playing at the 02 Academy, a...

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Studded leather and the diary of a mad man

19 April 2012

Lots of great pieces have been added to the Home of Metal digital archive recently. Including Judas Priest stage costumes, direct from the band themselves. How they manage to perform in those is beyond us. There's also a handwritten letter to a fan from Rob Halford, where he passionately declares...

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Heavy Fundmentalisms - 4th Conference

16 April 2012

'Home of Metal: Heavy Metal and Place' conference delegates with the Iron Man statue in Birmingham Heavy Metal academics are counting down to the next conference in a series entitled 'Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal & Politics'. The fourth conference will take place in Prague from...

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Heavy Metal study - call for participants

11 April 2012

UK based music fans, 30+ years old, are being sought for a study into Heavy Metal fans. You will be asked to discuss Metal with a researcher, each participant is free to decide how involved they wish to be. Please contact lindsay_bishop@hotmail.co.uk for more information

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