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LITA FORD Added To 'Mad Monster Party'

'80s hard rock queen Lita Ford will make an appearance at Mad Monster Party 2013 on March 22-24 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Also scheduled to appear are METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and original KISS drummer Peter Criss. Mad Monster Party is a three-day monster convention with celebrity guests...

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'Bonded By Baloff: A Decade Of Remembrance': New 15-Minute Video Report Posted Online

Reality Check TV has uploaded a 15-minute video report on "Bonded By Baloff: A Decade Of Remembrance", a special concert which marked the 10-year anniversary of former EXODUS singer Paul Baloff's passing. The event took place February 4, 2012 at the Oakland Metro Operahouse in Oakland, California an...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist To Perform At 'Geek To Guitar Hero' Book-Launch Event In New York City

The official launch party for TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick's book, "Geek To Guitar Hero", will be held on Thursday, January 17 at Tammany Hall in New York City. Scheduled performers include PLANETARY COALITION (featuring Skolnick on acoustic guitar) and an "all-star jam with very special guests...

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Proposed Hours Of Operation For METALLICA's 'Orion Music + More' Festival Revealed

According to the MLive.com, the proposed hours of operation for METALLICA's Orion Music + More festival, to be held June 8-9 on Detroit's Belle Isle this summer, have been revealed on the Detroit City Council's meeting agenda. The weekend-long event is expected to be held 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on both...

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LARS ULRICH Says New METALLICA Material 'Sounds Like A Continuation' Of 'Death Magnetic'

METALLICA last year tapped award-winning director Nimród Antal to helm the band's 3D movie. Charlotte Huggins ("Journey To The Center Of The Earth", "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island") is producing the film, which will be a marriage of narrative and concert and will star the "five" members of METALL...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Blasts CNN For Suggesting He Still Holds Grudge Against METALLICA

Dave Mustaine has blasted CNN for not getting its "facts right" by claiming the MEGADETH mainman "still holds a grudge against" METALLICA 30 years after being kicked out of the group. CNN posted an article on January 4 about Mustaine's online rant against Men's Wearhouse, with the writer ending his...

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Quebec Magnetic

Robert Trujillo saved this band. That's a fact. Many metal fans are ready to disown METALLICA once again after their left-of-center (to put it nicely) collaboration with Lou Reed, "Lulu". Yet, the Metalli-dudes are as savvy as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in working this market to their best advant...

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'Lullaby Renditions Of Rush': Audio Samples Of Entire Album

Rockabye Baby! — which transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies — will release "Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Rush" on January 29. Album description: "Do you have a modern-day warrior putting up a fight at bedtime? Looking for a reliable way to put baby to sleep an...

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DOWN/CROWBAR's KIRK WINDSTEIN Gets Engaged

Congratulations are in order for DOWN guitarist and CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein who just got engaged to his girlfriend of two months, Robin Dubroc. Windstein ended his previous relationship to a woman named Kate in early October and became romantically involved with Dubroc on October 18, accordi...

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Detroit's Belle Isle Approved As Location Of METALLICA's 'Orion Music + More' Festival

According to the Detroit Free Press, Belle Isle has been approved as the location of next year's edition of METALLICA's Orion Music + More festival. The agenda for the Detroit City Council's January 8 meeting includes a line item for a finance department/purchasing division contract that gives Belle...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's 'Geek To Guitar Hero' Book Now Due In January

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick's book, "Geek To Guitar Hero", will be available on paperback via Amazon on January 15. Commented Skolnick: "A quick flashback of all that has happened during the few years of writing this book leaves me dizzy. Some of my most definitive recordings — 'Veritas' (ALEX...

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METALLICA's 'Enter Sandman' Gets Bossa Nova Treatment

Video footage of Marcel Yammouni's wedding band in Melbourne, Australia performing a very chill bossa nova version of METALLICA's smash heavy metal hit "Enter Sandman" can be seen below. During the "dinner set," Marcel and his band broke out the cover and Yammouni set up his phone to record the slow...

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METALLICA's 'Orion Music + More' Festival To Be Held At Detroit's Belle Isle?

According to Crain's Detroit Business, the organizers of METALLICA's Orion Music + More festival are seriously considering Belle Isle as a destination for next year's edition of the two-day concert. Belle Isle is a 982-acre (1.534 square miles) island park in the Detroit River, between the United St...

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METALLICA Guitarist Talks Horror: LARS ULRICH 'Would Probably Make A Pretty Good Vampire'

Guitar World magazine recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about his book, "Too Much Horror Business - The Kirk Hammett Collection". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: If you made a horror film about METALLICA, which monster would play eac...

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METALLICA: 'Quebec Magnetic' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed

METALLICA's new live DVD, "Quebec Magnetic", sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on Billboard's Top Music Videos chart. Issued through the band's newly launched Blackened Recordings labe, the double DVD and single disc Blu-ray is available...