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It’s been nearly 19 years since the bodies of three 8-year-old boys were discovered naked and bound in the woods near their homes in West Memphis, Ark. A month after the killings, three teenage boys were charged with the murders (amid rumors of rape, mutilation, Satan worship and — horrors — an interest in heavy-metal music). Within a year, the young men had been convicted. One of them was ...

[In this Gamasutra analysis, Harvard Business School grad Aland Failde explains how the way grunge music's birth via Nirvana disrupted the music industry holds essential lessons for real innovation in a genre-bound game industry.] "Most of Nevermind is packed with generic punk-pop that had been done by countless acts from Iggy Pop to the Red Hot Chili Peppers the band has little or nothing to ...

A top story from this week. The Breathing Process are road-bound, kicking off a 25-date US tour last week in support of their recently issued Candlelight full-length Odyssey

The Breathing Process are road-bound, kicking off a 25-date US tour last week in support of their recently issued Candlelight full-length Odyssey

(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)Metallica's Kirk Hammell, left, and James Hetfield perform at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands...