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DAVE MUSTAINE To Play Five Songs With METALLICA At Tonight's Concert

Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH) will join METALLICA on stage tonight (Saturday, December 10) at the fourth and final intimate show at the Fillmore as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only. He will play five songs with METALLICA: "Hit The Lights", "Met...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I'm A Survivalist'

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: When you remixed the first eight MEGADETH albums, did you gain any insight into your own legacy? Mustaine: It was really fun...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Is 'Looking Forward To Celebrating' With METALLICA Tonight

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has confirmed that he is in San Francisco today for METALLICA's fourth and final intimate show at the Fillmore as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only. He writes on Twitter, "I look forward to celebrating with th...

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SAXON Frontman Checks In From METALLICA's 30th-Anniversary Celebrations (Video)

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON flew from Helsinki to San Francisco earlier this week to join METALLICA on stage for the first of four intimate shows at the 1,200-capacity Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for f...

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MERCYFUL FATE, ARMORED SAINT Members Perform With METALLICA At Second 30th-Anniversary Show

Lou Reed, King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE),Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),Timi Hansen (MERCYFUL FATE),Michael Denner (MERCYFUL FATE) , Marianne Faithfull, Ray Haller (SWEET SAVAGE),Kid Rock and John Bush (ARMORED SAINT) joined METALLICA on stage last night (Wednesday, December 7) for the second of fo...

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APOCALYPTICA Is 'Honored' To Be Taking Part In METALLICA's 30th-Anniversary Celebration

Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA opened the week-long celebration of METALLICA's 30th anniversary on Monday, December 5 at The Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco. Besides their own set, APOCALYPTICA also joined METALLICA on stage for a few songs. After supporting METALLICA several times (the first...

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REX BROWN Says 'There's No Animosity' Between Him And His Former DOWN Bandmates

Former DOWN/PANTERA and current KILL DEVIL HILL bassist Rex Brown was one of the guests on this past weekend's episode of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show". Commenting on his departure from DOWN, Brown said, "There's no animosity there whatsoever; I talk to Philip [Anselmo, DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer] all...

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ECHOES OF ETERNITY: 'Ten Of Swords' Video Released

"Ten Of Swords", the new video from Los Angeles female-fronted progressive metallers ECHOES OF ETERNITY, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's second album, "As Shadows Burn", which was released in September 2009 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records (the LP was issued in Europe thro...

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JIMMY PAGE, EDDIE VAN HALEN, TONY IOMMI Among '100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time'

According to Reuters, Jimi Hendrix was named the greatest guitar player in history by Rolling Stone magazine in a list compiled by a panel of music experts and top guitar players. "Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated the guitar, the whammy bar, the studio and t...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Talks About 'Lullaby Renditions Of Van Halen' In New Video

A short video clip of VAN HALEN lead singer David Lee Roth talking about the "Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Van Halen" album can be seen below. "Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Van Halen" was released on November 8 via Rockabye Baby!, which transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful i...

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DOWN: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire SWU MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of DOWN's performance at this year's edition of the SWU Music And Arts Festival on Monday, November 14 in Paulnia, So Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Temptations Wings 02. Lifer 03. Pillars Of Eternity 04. Hail The Leaf 05....

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DOWN's PHILIP ANSELMO Bleeds For Metal In Brazil (Video)

Video footage of DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo hitting his head with his microphone no less than four times within seconds of each other during the band's performance at this year's edition of the SWU Music And Arts Festival earlier today (Monday, November 14) in Paulnia, So Paulo, Brazil can be seen...

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PROTOTYPE Announces New Album Title, Track Listing

Los Angeles-based progressive/aggressive metal band PROTOTYPE will release its third full-length album, "Catalyst", in early 2012 via Nightmare Records. Nearly two years in the making, the CD is a science-fiction-themed concept album featuring 12 tracks and over 60 minutes of all new music. The effo...

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METALLICA Gives Thumbs-Up To THE MINI BAND's 'Enter Sandman' Performance

A one-minute video clip of the four members of METALLICA offering words of encouragement and support to THE MINI BAND the Thatcham, United Kingdom-based group made up of 8- and 10-year-olds whose performance of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman" has racked up nearly three million YouTube views in six weeks...

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METALLICA : It's Really Important For Our Own Satisfaction That We Explore Different Things

Karl Baz of Time Out Dubai spoke to METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett ahead of the band's first-ever concert in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at Yas Island on October 25. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Time Out Dubai: Well, METALLICA's certainly been a massive influence on the loc...