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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Confirms Release Date For Live CD, DVD

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's web site has been updated with the following message: "Mika, the new British singer famous for his hit song 'Grace Kelly', and Marty filmed a segment together for the hit NHK program 'Eigo de Shabera Night'. Marty and Mika get into what makes them both craz...

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Los Angeles' 'The Metal Scene' TV Show Joins Forces With Japan's 'We Rock City'

"The Metal Scene", a public-access "underground metal" cable TV show that can be seen on Time Warner cable throughout Hollywood, East and West San Fernando Valley, and most areas in Los Angeles, California, has joined forces with Japan's We Rock City. The program, which is hosted by former adult fil...

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MEGAFORCE RECORDS Founders Talk About Wanting To Sign MEGADETH In Early '80s

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip of Jon and Marsha Zazula, founders of Megaforce Records, talking about how they wanted to sign...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: New CD Is 'Best Album We've Done In Fifteen Years'

Austria's Krone.at recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. A rough English-language translation of the interview (which was published in German on the Krone.at web site) follows: Krone.at: We are looking forward to METALLICA's "Sick Of The Studio '07" tour. Has the itc...

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OVERKILL Frontman: 'Whoever Said You Can't Go Home Again?'

Bodog Music has announced the signing of legendary thrash metal band OVERKILL and the release of the band's newest studio album this fall. The signing will reunite OVERKILL with Jonny and Marsha Zazula, previous owners of Megaforce Records, the label responsible for putting metal on the map and brin...

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FASTER PUSSYCAT, ALICE COOPER Band Members To Jam At 'Decades Of Porn' Party

Brent Muscat (FASTER PUSSYCAT),Brent Fitz (ALICE COOPER, VINCE NEIL),Todd Kerns (AGE OF ELECTRIC, FASTER PUSSYCAT) and Ronnie Mancuso (BEGGARS AND THIEVES) are among the musicians that are expected to take part in a live jam performance at the "Decades of Porn" party in Las Vegas this Friday, May...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Featured In 'Healthiest People In Japan' Campaign

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman is featured in the "Healthiest People in Japan" TV campaign by Suntory, Japan's leading manufacturer of beverages and health products. Live footage from his latest Tokyo concert will also be featured in the commercial. In other TV news, during Marty's "Loudsp...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' Pushed Back To July; Audio Sample Available

LILLIAN AXE has had the release date of its first new studio album in nearly fifteen years (and first for the Metro City Records label),titled "Waters Rising", pushed back to July 17 from the previously announced June 19. The CD's title cut is now available for streaming at this location (second so...

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RON KEEL Discusses Possibility Of KEEL Reunion; Audio Available

Ron Keel, hot on the heels of his new 30-song release "The Ultimate Collection", checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss what the new CD means to him on a personal level; how his move from Nashville to Las Vegas has energized his entertainment career; how the diversity of his recording career may...

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BIFFY CLYRO Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the U.S. acquisition of Glasgow's latest rock sensation BIFFY CLYRO, a trio being heralded in some U.K. circles as "the new NIRVANA." "Puzzle" is the band's breakthrough new album, and is garnering massive attention in Britain. It was produced by GGGarth Richardson (...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Premieres In Washington, New Jersey And New York

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" have announced three June screenings of the documentary — Saturday, June 2 at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Sunday, June 3 at the Hoboken International Film Festival and Friday, June 22 at the Staten Island Film Festival. "The Los...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Appears On Japan's Top-Rated TV Show

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's May 5 appearance on the Japanese hit TV show "Chubaw Desuyo!" pulled the No. 1 nationwide rating in Japan's fiercely competitive Saturday night 11:00 p.m. time slot. Video footage of Friedman and his solo band performing in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands on Ap...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'For The Record, I Hate Instrumental Music'

Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman: On his new solo album, "Loudspeaker": Marty: "Over the last three years or so I have been extremely active in the public eye in Japan, but outside of Japan many of my longtime fans were...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary To Be Shown At New Haven Underground Film Festival

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will hit Meriden, CT this Saturday, May 12 as part of the New Haven Underground Film Festival. The movie screens at 5:30 p.m. at the...

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Cryptic Implosion

Anyone that has spent any amount of time with the technically proficient extreme bands on the Willowtip roster will not be surprised to find out that "Cryptic Implosion" from Santa Cruz, California's ODIOUS MORTEM is a awe-inspiring slab of accomplished death metal aggression. Jumping from well-resp...