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MEGADETH Shares 'Studio Timelapse 2025' Video Featuring Footage Of Recording Sessions For 17th Album

MEGADETH has shared a one-and-a-half-minute "Studio Timelapse 2025" video featuring footage of the making of the band's upcoming seventeenth studio album. Check out the clip below. MEGADETH wrote in an accompanying message: "Can't wait to drop this one". MEGADETH's next album will be released via fr...

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Inverted World

As every student of '90s death metal knows, CANCER were heavyweights. Their first three albums are all revered classics. Things went a bit peculiar as the decade progressed (although 1995's "Black Faith" is far better than often advertised),and fizzled out entirely by 1996. Subsequent reunions have...

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EXODUS's TOM HUNTING Picks METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Over 'Ride The Lightning', Explains Why

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting was asked which METALLICA album he thinks is better, "Ride The Lightning" or "Master Of Puppets". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think I would pick 'Ma...

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Would GARY HOLT Have Joined METALLICA If He Had Gotten The Call Instead Of KIRK HAMMETT? 'Probably Not', He Says

In a new interview with "The David Ellefson Show", co-hosted by former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt reflected on how he first reacted when his former bandmate, original EXODUS guitarist Kirk Hammett, was asked to join METALLICA 42 years ago. He said (as transcribed by...

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Watch: METALLICA Plays First Concert Of 2025

METALLICA played the first concert of 2025 last night (Saturday, April 19) at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York. Support at the show came from PANTERA and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. METALLICA's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm: 01. Creeping Death 02. For Whom The Bell Tolls 03. Hi...

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MEGADETH's TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI: 'Heavy Metal Was What Inspired Me To Pick Up The Guitar'

One of the world's leading guitar string companies, D'Addario has uploaded a 2024 video interview with MEGADETH guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari in which the 38-year-old Finnish-born musician gives an inside look into his expansive influences, preferred gear and why he chooses D'Addario. Check it out belo...

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Thunderball

One inescapable fact about the wonderful and frightening musical world of the MELVINS, is that you can absolutely, definitely shove your expectations up your pipe. Instinctively disinclined to do the obvious, to repeat themselves, or to kowtow to others' notion of what this amorphous and legendary b...

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VAN HALEN's 'Jump' Surpasses One Billion Streams On SPOTIFY

VAN HALEN's classic song "Jump" has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. VAN HALEN drummer Alex Van Halen took to his Instagram to write: "Thanks to all the fans for listening!" Billions Club is a playlist first launched in 2020 which includes all of the songs on Spotify that have surpassed one...

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POP EVIL's LEIGH KAKATY Picks METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Over 'Ride The Lightning', Explains Why

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", POP EVIL frontman Leigh Kakaty was asked which METALLICA album he thinks is better, "Ride The Lightning" or "Master Of Puppets". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Man, how do you pick...

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METALLICA Announces New Film 'Metallica Saved My Life' Focusing On The Band's Fans

METALLICA has announced a new film project. From award-winning director Jonas Åkerlund, "Metallica Saved My Life" explores the world of METALLICA through the lives of their fans — including the bandmembers themselves — who have supported each other through highs, lows, trials and triumph for more th...

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METALLICA Teams Up With American Red Cross To Help Save Lives

Live music and giving back — two incredible experiences that will go hand-in-hand this spring and summer, thanks to a new collaboration between METALLICA and the American Red Cross. METALLICA and its foundation, All Within My Hands (AWMH),urges fans to give blood at select tour locations across the...

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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Surpasses One Billion Streams On SPOTIFY

The title track of METALLICA's "Master Of Puppets" album has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. METALLICA commented: "We're psyched to share that 'Master Of Puppets' has just made its way into Spotify's Billions Club - Thank you!" Billions Club is a playlist first launched in 2020 which inclu...

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'Kurt Cobain Unplugged': A New Exhibition Explores The Story Behind One Of Music's Most Iconic Guitars

A new exhibition celebrating the enduring influence of Kurt Cobain and NIRVANA will open in London, United Kingdom in June. "Kurt Cobain Unplugged" will give fans an opportunity to step into the world of Cobain and explore the legacy of NIRVANA, a band that defined a generation. Explore their iconic...

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EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS Says Supporting METALLICA Was One Of Her Band's Career 'Highlights': 'It Was Amazing'

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, EPICA singer Simone Simons reflected on her band's support slot with METALLICA for three shows on the latter group's "M72" tour in Paris, France; Hamburg, Germany; and Gothenburg, Sweden. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "That was one o...

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JOHN 5 On His 'Museum' Of KISS Memorabilia: 'To Preserve All These Things And Document It Is Important To Me'

Before he ever became a guitar virtuoso and toured the world with the likes of Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Rob Halford and — currently — MÖTLEY CRÜE, John 5 was just a kid growing up near Detroit Rock City obsessed with KISS. That fascination turned into a lifelong journey of collecting anything and...