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Slash puts a huge emphasis on what "a phenomenal guitar player" that the cowboy from hell truly was.

Today is a bit of a bittersweet day. Today would have been legendary Pantera guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott's 48th birthday. I say would have been because in 2004, tragically, some wacko got on stage and gunned Dime down. But instead of dwelling on the negative, I want to celebrate the positive. Being lucky enough to have met Dime on more than one occasion, not only was he brilliant on the gui

Every year on August 20th, we celebrate the life of one of the most memorable men in metal, 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott. Not only was Dime one of the nicest guys on the planet, but the dude could straight up shred! It's a damn tragedy that some whack job took Dime from us so soon. But, even though Dimebag is gone, the man will never be forgotten. Getcha Pull and celebrate the life and music of Dimeba

Today would have been Dimebag's 46th Birthday if that jackass wouldn't have taken his life much too soon.  It's been 8 years and it’s still hard to believe it’s been that long since we as a rock community lost one the nicest, coolest guys ever to WALK the face of the planet.

Metal supergroup Hellyeah is gearing up for the release of their new album 'Band of Brothers',  produced by Jeremy Parker,  who has also worked with  Godsmack and Evanescence. The band - featuring Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damageplan), Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Tom Maxwell (Nothingface), Bob Zilla (Damageplan) and Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) - recently released the video for the title track.  Check it out he