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Ultimate Jam Night at NAMM 2025

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Ultimate Jam Night took over the Anaheim Convention Center Arena at NAMM 2025, with a 30-piece orchestra and 80-person choir to accompany over 80 featured musicians, primarily from the Rock and Metal worlds. Presented by RCF, the setlist featured a variety of classics, ranging from Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rush, Pat Benatar, Santana, and Jimi Hendrix, to Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Whitesnake, and so much more. Ultimate Jam Night recently celebrated their 10th Anniversary as an event, residing at Hollywood’s world-famous Whisky A Go Go.  Paulie Z not only hosted this Ultimate Jam Night […]

Metal Allegiance 2025 at House of Blues Anaheim, CA

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Metal Allegiance took over Anaheim, CA on the opening night of NAMM 2025, making the House of Blues a stage for metal legends, and a home for the metal community. An enthralling range of covers, the presence of well-loved Metal Allegiance tracks, powerful support, and an array of surprise guests made for an unforgettable night. This year’s show was sponsored by Jackson, EVH, Charvel, and IK Multimedia.

Metal Hall of Fame 2025: Feature and Red Carpet Interviews

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Another year, another successful Metal Hall of Fame! 2025 marked the 9th Annual Metal Hall of Fame event, taking place in Anaheim, CA and surrounding the events of NAMM 2025. This year’s inductees were: Dimebag Darrell, Rikki Rockett, Tony MacAlpine, Dangerous Toys, Life of Agony, KNAC Radio, Alissa White-Gluz, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Cannibal Corpse, Burton C. Bell, and Jeff Young. This year’s event featured a new virtual aspect, as it also served as a fundraising livestream telethon to benefit the Southern California wildfire victims.  SoCal Guitarist Ronny North started the show with some shredding perfect to set the tone […]

Rock For Ronnie 2024

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Another tribute to the great Ronnie James Dio has successfully taken place with Rock For Ronnie 2024. On May 19th, 2024 in Woodland Hills, CA, fans, friends, and many special guests in the form of an All-Star Jam gathered alongside headliners Quiet Riot to celebrate the life and music of Ronnie, and, as always, benefit the great cause of the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. Founder Wendy Dio commemorated the progress of this non-profit’s goals, presenting Dr. David Wong and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor of The Regents of the University of California with a $25,000 check, to […]

Sammy Hagar Honored with Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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On April 30th, 2024, Hollywood, California honored The Legendary “Red Rocker” Sammy Hagar, with an official ceremony to unveil his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His wife, Kari Hagar, celebrated the honor by his side, along with family and close friends, including event Emcee Guy Fieri, longtime manager Tom Consolo, John Mayer, Chad Smith, and Van Halen/Chickenfoot/The Circle bandmate, Michael Anthony. Sammy Hagar’s star is located in front of Amoeba Music, at 6212 Hollywood Blvd. The Red Rocker’s star is the 2,779th on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the category of Recording. Hollywood Walk of Fame Producer, […]

Feature: NAMM 2024

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The first Winter NAMM since 2020 made a full-force grand return, as brands and bands alike gathered in Anaheim, CA in January 2024, for the familiar course of networking, jamming, and musical merriment. Metal Magnitude was there to capture it all, enjoying the full musical atmosphere, but keeping a keen eye out for anything that stood out in the Rock and Metal spaces. Naturally, we were pleased to find plenty.  Before NAMM officially began, the 7th Annual Metal Hall of Fame Gala set the tone for the busy week, celebrating the iconic musicians and members of the music industry who […]

Feature: Kirk Hammett’s “It’s Alive!” Exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum

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It’s a well-known fact that legendary Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is an avid collector of horror and sci-fi art and memorabilia, but it’s quite another thing to gaze at the incredible spectacles inhabiting his collection in person. Part of the proof currently lives in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and has had a pleasant stay there since the opening on August 12 of It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Collection. Once I found out that on November 5th, Kirk Hammett would be visiting the exhibition personally for a catalog signing event, I made […]

David Ellefson To Open Brick and Mortar Store for Ellefson Coffee Co.

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For nearly a year, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has been blending brews in the name of his boutique coffee brand, Ellefson Coffee Company. The coffee comes in several different blends featuring tasteful thrashy titles that also give a nod to Megadeth songs, including “Roast In Peace”, “Kenya Thrash”, and “She-Wolf”. Now, the business that has so far been online only has found a home, which just happens to be in David Ellefson’s own hometown – Jackson, Minnesota. Ellefson Coffee Co. will open its doors in the form of a brick and mortar shop that not only serves the bassist’s blends, […]

Metal Allegiance Performing “Tribute to Our Fallen Heroes” in Anaheim

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Metal Allegiance first debuted with a self-titled album in 2015, gathering a multitude of musicians in the rock and metal world for a dynamic record of original music and an all-star cover, all led by core members Mark Menghi, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, and Alex Skolnick. Next month, the band will take to the stage with a large lineup of guests for a special show paying tribute to legendary rock and metal musicians that have passed over the years. Friday, January 20th, 7pm at the City National Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, California is the day, time and setting for […]

Lacuna Coil Prepare Metalheads for a Krampus-Themed Christmas

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Lacuna Coil, the Italian Gothic Metal band, have released a new song and lyric video, just in time for Christmas…with a twist. The track is called “Naughty Christmas” and seems to be all about Krampus, the European folklore figure who is said to accompany the Jolly Old St. Nick at Christmastime to drag away naughty children. The growls of Andrea Ferro and melodies of Cristina Scabbia warn against “the animal coming to get all the children”, telling everyone to be good at Christmas “‘Cause nobody wants to be dragged by the Krampus”. Whether you believe in Krampus or not, the […]

Hall of Heavy Metal History to Induct Metal Legends

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Ronnie James Dio, Rudy Sarzo, Lemmy Kilmister, Frankie Banali, and Randy Rhoads – what do all these names have in common, besides their iconic stature in the Rock and Metal worlds, that is? They are all inductees of the 2017 Hall of Heavy Metal History Awards Gala and Induction Ceremony. Taking place on January 18th, 2017 at the Anaheim Expo Center in Anaheim, California, this event aims to recognize the oft-overlooked musicians and industry professionals who have left their mark on the world through Metal music. Don Airey, Ross “The Boss” Friedman, Vinny Appice, and Andy Zildjian comprise the remaining […]

Hair Nation Festival Headed to SoCal

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On September 17th, 2016, some of the best rockers of the Sunset Strip will gather for one night at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA for SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Festival. The event will feature a non-stop rock ‘n’ roll experience held on two stages, including a rotating main stage with back-to-back performances, VIP Meet and Greets, a vendor village, and more. The current lineup of the festival is: Vince Neil, Bret Michaels, Kix, Yngwie Malmsteen, Slaughter, Lita Ford, Faster Pussycat, LA Guns’ Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns, Vixen, Britny Fox, BulletBoys, Loudness, Junkyard, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bang Tango, Vain, […]