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METALLICA Members Talk About ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction; Video Available

METALLICA held a press conference earlier today (Wednesday, January 14) in New York City to answer questions about their upcoming induction into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The entire 20-minute question-and-answer session can be viewed below (courtesy of Fuse TV). A couple of excerpts from t...

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KINGDOM OF SORROW Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

KINGDOM OF SORROW — the band featuring Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) and Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR) — has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BO...

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IRON FIRE: New Guitarist Announced

Danish metallers IRON FIRE have announced the addition of guitarist Marc Masters (FORCENTURY) to the group's ranks. IRON FIRE's new album, "To The Grave", will be released in the U.S. on January 27 via Napalm Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. The Beast From The Blackness 02. K...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Featured On New K'NAAN Album

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett makes a guest appearance on the second album from the Somali-Canadian poet and musician K'naan (born Kanaan Warsame). Due on February 24, "Troubadour" was recorded at the legendary Tuff Gong Studio in Jamaica. Other guest musicians appearing on the CD include MAROON...

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Excerpts From 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' Book Posted Online

Two excerpts from Joel McIver's twelfth book, "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", have been placed online at the U.K.-based author's web site. Chosen at random from the 100 entries, the excerpts discuss the guitar genius of the late Chuck Schuldiner of DEATH and Kirk Windstein of DOWN. "The 100 Gre...

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METALLICA's HETFIELD Says 'Death Magnetic' Sounds 'Better' With Compression

Guitar Player associate editor Matt Blackett went to Kansas City on October 25, 2008 to interview James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett for the magazine's February 2009 issue and catch a sold-out show on the "Death Magnetic" tour. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Guitar Player: There's a big brouha...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says 'Death Magnetic' Sound Debate Is 'Truly About Tastes'

Shay Quillen of MercuryNews.com conducted an interview with METALLICA's Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich backstage in Fresno on Saturday. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kirk Hammett on file-sharing: "Our thinking hasn't changed at all. I mean, I think that intellectual property should...

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METALLICA: 'All Nightmare Long' Video Director Speaks

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine spoke to Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober) who created the new METALLICA video, "All Nightmare Long". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Hammer: What was the band's first reaction? Roboshob: Very positive: emails from James [Hetfield] and Kirk [Hammett] were p...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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METALLICA's ULRICH, HAMMETT Talk 'Guitar Hero'

Mike Snider of USA Today conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett, as well as Activision lead designer Alan Flores, about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, due early in 2009. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: How did this game com...

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POISON's C.C. DEVILLE Tops GUITAR WORLD's List Of '100 Worst Guitar Solos'

Guitar World magazine has just published its picks for the "100 Worst Guitar Solos" on its web site, GuitarWorld.com. The list includes tracks by Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, C.C. DeVille, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and more. Below is an excerpt of that post: "After two decades of kissing ass, Guita...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'We've Always Had An Open Mind Toward The Internet'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently spoke to FresnoBee.com about the fact that his band, which took on Napster in an online battle for music copyrights, has now become a multiheaded behemoth on the Web. On the LiveMetallica.com web site where fans can download audio from any of the band's conc...

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METALLICA: 'Jump In The Fire' Creature Available Now

Japan-based Medicom Toys is one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world. As METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett said, "It's important to use a company like Medicom who knows toys, quality toys, inside and out." They bring to life many of our action heroes from Batman, Spiderman, "Star Wars", Disn...

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DOWN/KINGDOM OF SORROW Guitarist KIRK WINDSTEIN Tackling 'Personal Demons'

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR, DOWN, KINGDOM OF SORROW) will not be rejoining his KINGDOM OF SORROW bandmates for the remaining dates on the group's current tour with GWAR. Commented Kirk: "I have been busting ass for nearly two years straight now...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Talks 'Old-School Russian Film Footage'

A six-minute video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett talking about "cool, old-school Russian film footage" has been posted on Metallica TV, METALLICA's official YouTube channel. Watch it below. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich hinted to RollingStone.com that the band's next album could well come...