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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER Says Drummer RANDY BLACK Has Same 'Thrash Swing' As DAVE LOMBARDO

Music Frenzy recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Schmier of German thrash legends DESTRUCTION. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On DESTRUCTION's current record label, Nuclear Blast: Schmier: "I can't think of a bett...

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SLAYER/EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT Tries Out MARSHALL's 'Studio Series' Amp (Video)

Marshall Amplification hung out with SLAYER/EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt at the U.K.'s Download festival this past June to try out the new Studio Vintage Series and talk all things tone. Watch the video below, and learn more about the Studio Series at this location. In a June 2012 interview with Full...

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RAMONES Jigsaw Puzzles Due In September

U.K.'s Zee Productions will release will release three classic RAMONES album covers as 500-piece jigsaws this summer. "Rocket To Russia", "Road To Ruin" and "It's Alive" will be released on September 20. The iconic art of some of punk rock's most influential and highly regarded albums is presented i...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says VIO-LENCE Is Taking 'Delicate' Approach To Reunion: 'We're Still Kind Of Feeling Each Other Out'

VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel (formerly of MACHINE HEAD) recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine about the group's upcoming tour of the continent. The full conversation an be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the resurrection of VIO-LENCE and upc...

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SLAYER Plays Last-Ever Show In Europe

SLAYER played its last-ever concert in Europe earlier tonight (Saturday, August 3) at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Support at the show came from ANTHRAX and ALIEN WEAPONRY. Just after the gig, ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante took to his Instagram to post photos of SLAYER's Tom...

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Rewind, Replay, Rebound

The primary strength of Copenhagen rockers VOLBEAT — dating back to their 2005 debut, "The Strength / The Sound / The Songs" — has been their ability to juggle multiple different songwriting angles within their sound. The band's road to their modern wave of popularity has been a long and winding one...

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NERGAL Says BEHEMOTH's Next Album Will Arrive In 2021

Following BEHEMOTH's performance in San Bernardino, California on July 27, guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski spoke with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the Riverside, California radio station 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire". The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts fol...

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JUDAS PRIEST Rings Now Available From THE GREAT FROG

The Great Frog, which has been hand-crafting rock jewelry in Carnaby, London since 1972, has announced a collaboration with British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. The Great Frog comments: "It is with great pleasure and excitement we announce the release of our TGF x Judas Priest collaboration. In...

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VOLBEAT's 'Rewind, Replay, Rebound' Special Deluxe Edition Box Set: Unboxing Video

An unboxing video for the special deluxe edition box set version of VOLBEAT's seventh album, "Rewind, Replay, Rebound", is available below. Due on August 2 via Republic Records, the disc sees VOLBEAT — Michael Poulsen (guitars/vocals),Rob Caggiano (guitars),Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass),and Jon Larse...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Hopes There Will Be More 'Big Four' Concerts In The Future

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson says that he hopes there will be more "Big Four" concerts in the future. The so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonisphere...

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ANTHRAX Inducted Into 'Hall Of Heavy Metal History' At HEAVY MONTREAL

On July 28, ANTHRAX was inducted into the Hall Of Heavy Metal History by Pat Gesualdo, Hall Of Heavy Metal History founder/CEO, along with The Metal Voice's Jimmy Kay, at a press conference at this year's Heavy Montreal festival in Canada. Guitarist Scott Ian said: "I'd like to say thanks. It's kind...

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MARCOS CURIEL Says A Lot Of People Are Still 'Very Hesitant' To Embrace P.O.D.'s Blend Of Rap And Heavy Music

San Diego's P.O.D. was one of the biggest benefactors of the late-'90s "nu metal" trend. Part of the wave of bands who successfully crossed into the mainstream with their blend of hip-hop, heavy guitars and accessible songwriting, P.O.D. was originally formed from the ashes of ESCHATOS, a thrash ban...

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RUSH Jigsaw Puzzles Due In September

U.K.'s Zee Productions will release four classic RUSH album covers as 500-piece jigsaws later this summer. "Fly By Night", "A Farewell To Kings", "Permanent Waves" and "Moving Pictures" will be made available on September 20. The iconic art of some of rock's most influential and highly regarded albu...

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Listen To New VOLBEAT Song 'Pelvis On Fire'

"Pelvis On Fire", a new song from the Danish/American hard rock group VOLBEAT, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming seventh album, "Rewind, Replay, Rebound", which will be released on August 2 via Republic Records. "It's a pure rock 'n' roller," frontman Michael Poul...

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NEW YEARS DAY Guitarist Says VINNIE PAUL Approved Of His Band's Cover Of PANTERA's 'F**king Hostile'

NEW YEARS DAY guitarist Nikki Misery spoke to the "BREWtally Speaking Podcast" about the criticism his band received for its cover of the PANTERA classic "Fucking Hostile". NEW YEARS DAY's version of the track was included on the "Diary Of A Creep" EP, which came out in January 2018. "Oddly enough,...