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SAVATAGE To Reunite For Appearance At Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the event is TRANS-SIBERIA...

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SAMMY HAGAR: Why MICHAEL ANTHONY Is My Favorite Guy To Party With

Guy Favazz of the St. Louis, Missouri radio station KSHE conducted an interview with legendary rocker Sammy Hagar before the former VAN HALEN frontman's July 19 "A Journey Through The History Of Rock" concert in the city. You can now watch the chat below. Hagar's backing band for the "A Journey Thro...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN To Release 'I'm The Man' Autobiography In October

On October 14, Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, will publish "I'm The Man: The Official Story Of Anthrax", the long–awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, a founding member of legendary, ground-breaking and influential thrash–metal band ANTHRAX. The official b...

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MINISTRY's AL JOURGENSEN: Divorced, Happy And Starting New Project Called DUBWEISER

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has announced the launch of a new project called DUBWEISER. The project's debut CD will be called "King Of Dubs". Additional details will be announced soon. Jourgensen has reportedly been sober since checking into a rehabilitation facility in early February to receive...

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HELLYEAH: 'Moth' Lyric Video Available

The official lyric video for the HELLYEAH song "Moth" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fourth studio album, "Blood For Blood", which sold around 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 18 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arri...

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Video: SLAYER Performs New Song 'Implode' In Italy

Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER performing the new song "Implode" on June 15 at a small club near Milano, Italy can be seen below. Photos of the concert are available at Soundsblog.it. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hell Awaits 02. The Antichrist 03. Necrophiliac 04. Mandatory Suicide 05....

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Reunited Original Lineup Of EXCITER: First Rehearsal Photo Posted Online

The first rehearsal photo of the reunited original lineup of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER — guitarist John Ricci, drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler and bassist Allan Johnson — can be seen on this page (courtesy of Allan Johnson). On episode 475 of the "Talking Metal" podcast, Mark Strigl conduc...

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MINISTRY To Release 'Last Tangle In Paris' CD/DVD In July

MINISTRY, the legendary, six-time Grammy-nominated, explosive and highly unpredictable band that brought industrial dance-metal music to the mainstream, will release "Last Tangle In Paris", a CD/DVD package that documents the band's 2012 "DeFiBriLaTour", featuring live performances, in-studio, rehea...

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Guitarist JOHN RICCI Says Reunited Original EXCITER Lineup Will Record New Album

On episode 475 of the "Talking Metal" podcast, Mark Strigl conducted an interview with guitarist John Ricci of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he had anyt...

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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR, SATCHEL Interviewed By Pop-Break.com (Video)

On May 18, Pop-Break.com's Backstage Break (hosted by senior writer Al Mannarino) conducted an interview with guitarist Satchel (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) and singer Michael Starr (real name Ralph Saenz; ex-L.A. GUNS) of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER at the Starland Ballroom...

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WHIPLASH Announces New Drummer

Veteran thrashers WHIPLASH have parted ways with drummer Dan Foord and have replaced him with Charlie Zeleny. Charlie will make his live debut with WHIPLASH on June 22 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey. Tony Portaro, guitarist and founding member of WHIPLASH, first witnessed Charlie Z in action wit...

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MANOWAR's JOEY DEMAIO Talks To 'Met Al Metal' About Band's First-Ever Appearance In Israel (Audio)

"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — conducted an interview with MANOWAR bassist and producer Joey DeMaio ahead of the band's first-ever appearance in the country, which took place on May 21 at Hangar 11 in Tel-Aviv. You can now listen to the chat in the...

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AMON AMARTH And SABATON To Join Forces For North American Tour In The Fall

AMON AMARTH and SABATON will join forces for a North American tour this fall. The trek kicks off on September 25 in Riverside, California and visits a total of 35 North American cities before coming to an end on November 9 in Tucson, Arizona. Thrash metal band SKELETONWITCH will open each show, exce...

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WHIPLASH: Video For Re-Recorded Version Of 'Walk The Plank'

"Walk The Plank", the new video from veteran New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH, can be seen at this location. The clip was shot on May 25, 2013 at the Del Putas Fest ("Festival Of Whores") at the Teatro al Aire Libre Carlos Vieco amphitheater in Medellin, Colombia. Filmed and edited by Medellin videogra...

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MINISTRY's AL JOURGENSEN Celebrates 100 Days Of Sobriety

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen celebrated his 100th day sober on Thursday, May 15. He wrote on his Facebook page, "I think I get some kind of chip or medallion for that shit." Jourgensen checked into a rehabilitation facility in early February to receive treatment for alcohol dependency. In a Septem...