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METALLICA And LOU REED: 'Junior Dad', 'Brandenburg Gate' Lyrics Revealed

METALLICA lead guitarist Kirk Hammett revealed to Mojo that he and frontman James Hetfield were both brought to tears during the sessions for the band's upcoming collaborative album with Lou Reed, titled "Lulu". Hammett explained that the outbursts occurred while they were recording a song called "J...
October 19, 2011
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DOWN To Begin Recording On Friday

DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein has confirmed via Facebook that the band will start laying down drum tracks for its next release this coming Friday, October 21. Windstein in June told Radio Metal that DOWN is planning to release four separate EPs over the course of the next couple of years. "We're ...
October 17, 2011
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CANNIBAL CORPSE, JOB FOR A COWBOY, TRIPTYKON To Join Forces For 'Destroyers Of The Faith' Tour

Death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline the first-ever edition of Metal Hammer's Destroyers Of The Faith tour, and will be bringing with them some of the biggest names in extreme music! Joining the Florida-based titans of gore on this history-making trek will be none other than bowel-expl...
October 17, 2011
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When the Screams Come

"It's by the grace of God that I'm alive at all", states iconic vocalist Bobby Liebling during the 10-minute interview segment of "When the Screams Come", the first DVD in PENTAGRAM's storied 40-year history. Clean, sober, and sincerely grateful for the fans that kept believing and the loved ones th...
October 17, 2011
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Forced To Pull Out Of 48 HOURS FESTIVAL

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have been forced to cancel their appearance at the 48 Hours Festival, the-day destination music festival set to take place Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 on the Luxor Festival Grounds, located on the east side of Las Vegas Blvd. across from Luxor,...
October 14, 2011
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MY DYING BRIDE: 'The Barghest O' Whitby' Mini-Site Launched

Following the release of "Evinta" earlier this year, in which the band marked 20 years of existence with a release of symphonic compositions re-imagining past MY DYING BRIDE themes, the U.K. doom legends now present their latest chapter in the form of new EP, "The Barghest O' Whitby", to be released...
October 13, 2011
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Ex-KISS Drummer PETER CRISS: How I Discovered I Had Breast Cancer

Matthew Wilkening of Ultimate Classic Rock recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate Classic Rock: So, you've been cancer-free for more than three years now, right? Peter: Four years, and my checkup comes up next...
October 13, 2011
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AC/DC, GODSMACK, MEGADETH, SAXON, BUCKCHERRY Members To Guest On 'That Metal Show'

VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" is back in Los Angeles and ready to shake things up for lucky season nine. Members of some of the biggest metal acts, including AC/DC, GODSMACK and MEGADETH, grace the "That Metal Show" stage to give viewers a true power hour that all hard rock and heavy metal enthusi...
October 12, 2011
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SHADOWS FALL Signs With RAZOR & TIE

Razor & Tie has announced the signing of two-time Grammy-nominated metal act SHADOWS FALL to a multi-album, North American deal. The band entered Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts to begin recording its new album for a spring release. The group's seventh official studio record sees them r...
October 11, 2011
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Former SCAR SYMMETRY Singer To Release Solo EP

Swedish guitarist/vocalist Christian lvestam (SOLUTION .45, MISERATION, TORCHBEARER, ex-SCAR SYMMETRY) has inked a deal with Pivotal Rockordings for the release of his first solo EP, entitled "Self 2.0". The EP will be made available exclusively in all major web-retail outlets and streaming services...
October 10, 2011
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Welcome 2 My Nightmare

What's really shocking about "Welcome 2 my Nightmare" is how much it sounds like a vintage 1970s ALICE COOPER album, which is not surprising considering the involvement of an original cast of players in Dennis Dunaway, Neil Smith, and Michael Bruce, a producer in the legendary Bob Ezrin, and even co...
October 10, 2011
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SLIPKNOT, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, LIMP BIZKIT, MARILYN MANSON, MACHINE HEAD Confirmed For SOUNDWAVE

SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT, LIMP BIZKIT, MARILYN MANSON, MACHINE HEAD and LAMB OF GOD are among the confirmed bands for next year's Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SYSTEM OF A DOWN SLIPKNOT LIMP BIZKIT MA...
October 6, 2011
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Former TESTAMENT/DEATH Guitarist May Have Tumor Recurrence

Florida-based guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy, who is best known for his guitar work with TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY, CANCER and DISINCARNATE, has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "Some troubling news for me in the last couple days. The bloodwork that was done recently revea...
October 6, 2011
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DOWN To Enter Studio Later This Month

DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein has confirmed via Twitter that the band is rehearsing in preparation for its next studio session, which is scheduled for later this month. Windstein in June told Radio Metal that DOWN is planning to release four separate EPs over the course of the next couple of years....
October 4, 2011
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DOWN Guitarist PEPPER KEENAN Interviewed On Danville's 94.9 K-ROCK (Audio)

On September 6, Jake Serd of Centrill 74 Entertainment conducted an interview with DOWN guitairist Pepper Keenan for the 94.9 K-ROCK radio station in Danville, Illinois. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio stream): ...
October 4, 2011