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Video: BOBBY BLOTZER's RATT Performs In Beverly Hills

Heavy Metal Greg has uploaded video footage of Bobby Blotzer's new RATT performing on May 28 at Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. Check out the clips below. Blotzer's RATT recently parted ways with bassist Scotty Griffin (ex-L.A. GUNS) and replaced him with Robbie Crane. Crane previously p...

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LARS ULRICH: New METALLICA Album 'Will Be Done This Summer'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to Metal Forces about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album. He said: "We're now coming towards the end of the musical creative process and we're starting to look ahead and the process of how we're gonna s...

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OZZY And JACK OSBOURNE's 'World Detour' Reality Show To Premiere On HISTORY In July

Ozzy Osbourne and his son Jack are starring in a new show produced by the History channel called "Ozzy & Jack's World Detour". In this new ten-episode hour-long non-scripted series, the self-proclaimed history nerds hit the road in a father-son journey they've waited years to take. There will be...

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DINO CAZARES: How FEAR FACTORY Developed Its Unique Sound

MusicWatchdog.com conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares on May 6 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how FEAR FACTORY developed its unique sound, Cazares said: "It's kind of funny. We figured out two different issues. W...

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VOLBEAT's MICHAEL POULSEN Likes Writing Music Alone

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Michael Poulsen of Danish/American rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Songfacts: How does the songwriting work primarily in VOLBEAT? Poulsen: It's pretty much been like in the beginning, bu...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Joins ELTON JOHN On Stage In Las Vegas

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett joined Elton John on stage this past Saturday night, April 30 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting". Hammett told Canadian journalist Mitch Lafon that Elton John was one of several rock artists who had a hu...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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,...