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Did METAL CHURCH Use Fast, 'Thrash'-Style Riffing Before METALLICA? KURDT VANDERHOOF Weighs In
Australia's Sticks For Stones recently conducted an interview with METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On which band was formed first — METALLICA or METAL CHURCH: Kurdt: "[It...April 26, 2016
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METALLICA Goes Back To Its Early '80s Home, Receives Proclamation From Mayor
On April 16, immediately after their performance at Berkeley, California's legendary record store Rasputin Music in celebration of Record Store Day 2016, the four members of METALLICA and some of their closest friends and colleagues made their way over to 3132 Carlson Boulevard in El Cerrito, Califo...April 23, 2016
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ARMORED SAINT To Team Up With METAL CHURCH For West Coast Tour
Starting this June, the mighty ARMORED SAINT will head back out on the road, playing to fans across the world this summer. The first run of dates kicks off in the USA, with the band joining METAL CHURCH for a special West Coast trek. ARMORED SAINT's Joey Vera (bass) comments: "We're super excited to...April 22, 2016
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OVERKILL Taps PISSING RAZORS Drummer EDDY GARCIA For European Tour, DVD Shoot
New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL are utilizing a stand-in drummer — their soundman Eddy Garcia, who is also a member of the El Paso, Texas band PISSING RAZORS — for their current European tour because their regular drummer, Ron Lipnicki, was forced to stay home due to undisclosed family issues. Fan-fil...April 16, 2016
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XI
It's been a couple decades, but Mike Howe returns to METAL CHURCH following his dazzling three album run in the ‘90s, including "Blessing in Disguise", regarded by some as the band's finest outing. A terrific album to be sure, it yielded the wonderful "Badlands" which rivals 1986's "Watch the Childr...April 15, 2016
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METAL CHURCH's MIKE HOWE: 'I Dropped Off The Radar Because The Record Business Really Disappointed Me'
In a brand new interview with NYS Music, METAL CHURCH singer Mike Howe spoke about his absence from the music scene for two decades before his return to the band in 2015. He said: "I dropped off the radar because the record business really disappointed me. Things were changing, grunge was coming up...April 14, 2016
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New SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Didn't Want To Be A JOEY JORDISON Copycat
SLIPKNOT drummer Jay Weinberg spoke to Music Radar about his audition for the band and the process of making the group's latest album, ".5: The Gray Chapter". Weinberg, 25, discovered SLIPKNOT when he was ten years old, through his father Max, of Bruce Springsteen's E STREET BAND, and leader of the...April 13, 2016
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LARS ULRICH On New METALLICA Album: 'It Would Be Difficult For Me To Believe That It Won't Come Out In 2016'
METALLICA has been working on and off on its tenth studio album for a couple of years now, but the last few months have seen the band get down to serious business on the disc and spend less time than usual on touring or other projects. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Billboard.com that the ...April 11, 2016
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New METALLICA Album Is 'Almost Done'
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has told Rolling Stone that the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" is "well on its way." He added: "It may come out any century now, actually. There's a saying: where there's life, there's hope." Asked if the new METALLICA album has been recorded,...April 9, 2016
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SLASH's Los Angeles Mansion Back On The Market
According to Los Angeles Times, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has put his mansion in the Mulholland Estates, a guard-gated community in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles, back on the market for $10.495 million, down from $10.995 million. The 10,971-square-foot, three-story Tuscan Villa-like home...April 8, 2016
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METAL CHURCH's 'XI' Lands On BILLBOARD Chart
"XI", the new album from hard rock veterans METAL CHURCH, debuted at No. 57 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 11,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 31. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional...April 4, 2016
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METAL CHURCH: Video Footage Of New York City Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of METAL CHURCH's March 28 performance at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City can be seen below. METAL CHURCH's new album, "XI", was released on March 25 via Rat Pak Records. Produced by guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof and co-produced by Chris "The Wizard" Collier,...March 31, 2016
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HELLYEAH Taps Director ROBERT SEXTON For 'Human' Video
HELLYEAH is filming the official music video for "Human", the first new track from the band's forthcoming fifth album, due out later this year. The clip is being directed by Robert Sexton, who has worked with SOULFLY, DEATH ANGEL, THE DWARVES and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, among others. Sexton previousl...March 31, 2016
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VICIOUS RUMORS To Release 'Concussion Protocol' Album In August
San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have set "Concussion Protocol" as the title of their twelfth studio album, due at the end of August via SPV/Steamhammer. The CD features eleven brand new songs and tells a chilling story of an armageddon by a global killer asteroid and how humanity unr...March 30, 2016
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METALLICA's Minneapolis Stadium Concert Sells Out In Less Than 10 Minutes
METALLICA's recently announced headlining concert at Minneapolis's brand new U.S. Bank Stadium on August 20 has completely sold out. Pre-sale fan club tickets were made available earlier this week, followed by this morning's public on-sale, which sold out in less than ten minutes. METALLICA's show i...March 25, 2016
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