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  • Anthrax is on the’Game of Thrones’ Mixtape

    Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax Perform At The Gibson Amphitheatre
    “Game of Thrones” is already pretty metal, what with all the swords and dragons and George R.R. Martin’s beard, but the mixtape for next season will really take things to a new level. Last season’s mixtape, “Catch the Throne,” relied primarily on hip hop artists for songs that riffed on “GoT” themes and used samples from the show.

    However, this year things are gonna get a little hairy. Anthrax’s Scott Ian, whose impressive goatee rivals GRRM’s, has revealed that his band will be contributing a song to this year’s “Catch the Throne” mixtape, as per Facebook.

    Scott Ian told Metal Hammer Magazine that writer, executive producer, and showrunner DB Weiss is a big fan of Anthrax. He said, “I asked Dan, ‘Hey man, what would be the possibility of us recording the drums for the next album in the throne room?’ Like we bring a mobile studio and set up the drums, mic everything and record in here. He says, ‘Oh my God, that would be the sickest thing ever. We know the guys that can make that possible.’

    “All of you out there who watch ‘Game Of Thrones,’ much like me, probably think it’s a very metal TV show. And just know: the reason for that is that one of the creators is a huge metalhead.”

    Anthrax’s next album will come out in 2015. “Game of Thrones” will return on this spring.

    [Via Metal Hammer, EW]

  • You Can Stay at ‘Downton Abbey’

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    Highclere Castle, which is practically its very own character on the PBS show, is already open for walking tours, but now you can spring for your very own overnight stay at the on-site London Lodge. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have spent several years and plenty of cash renovating the buildings just north of the main estate.

    London Lodge boasts a working fireplace, as well as more modern amenities like Wi-Fi and TV. It will be open for Valentine’s Day weekend, and then select weekends after the castle opens for tours on Easter. Rooms start at $540 a night. The fifth season of the show premieres in the US on January 4th on PBS.

    [Via CNTraveler]

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  • Sam Raimi Talks Spider-Man 3 Mistakes on Nerdist Podcast

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    “Evil Dead” director Sam Raimi was refreshingly open about some of the mistakes he made with “Spider-Man 3.” Raimi was one of the first indie directors to be tapped for a major franchise, and while “Spider-Man” and its sequel were fairly well received, “I messed up plenty with the third ‘Spider-Man,” Raimi told the Nerdist folks.

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    Raimi said, “It’s a movie that just didn’t work very well. I tried to make it work, but I didn’t really believe in all the characters, so that can’t be hidden from people who loved ‘Spider-Man.’ If the director doesn’t love something, it’s wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it.” He added that trying to raise the stakes even higher for the third film was “what doomed us. I should have just stuck with the characters and the relationships, and progressed them to the next step, and not tried to top the bar. I think that was my mistake.”

    Raimi later added, “Most people just want to talk about the successful pictures… but very times do you hear filmmakers talking about their bad movies. I mean, people aren’t interested in them.”

    Next up, Raimi is exec producing the TV series “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” which will star his old pal Bruce “The Chin” Campbell. The series is expected to debut in 2015.

    [Via Nerdist, Pajiba]

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