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HIGH ON FIRE Taps Producer KURT BALLOU For New Album

California heavy rockers HIGH ON FIRE will enter Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou at the end of January to record their as-yet-untitled new album for a mid-2015 release via eOne Music. Earlier in the year, the trio — guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel and...

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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER Remembers Hearing METALLICA For First Time (Video)

This past summer, FaceCulture conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Speaking about his early musical development, Bill said: "When I first heard of METALLICA, that's when my whole guitar rig and s...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Guitarist DAVE NAVARRO Designs 'The Strap'

JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has teamed up with the devious minds at The Stockroom to create a signature line of exclusive products. The collection begins with "The Strap", a most unique guitar strap design. It combines the functionality of a guitar strap, BDSM restraints, a wearable belt...

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HIM's VILLE VALO Explains Decision To Remaster Early Albums (Video)

Finnish "love" metallers HIM will release a limited-edition box set, "Lashes To Ashes, Lust To Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03", on December 23 via The End. The box set includes the rare debut 1996 EP"666 Ways To Love: Prologue" on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl for the first time ever, along with a...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Says Idea For ''Tallica Parking Lot' Came To Him In A Dream

"'Tallica Parking Lot", an animated film created by METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo and Titmouse Animation Studio, was part of the official selection at this past summer's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France for the best TV film in competition. An interview with Trujillo about t...

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EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING Holds Master Class Clinic At Old Bridge Music Center

This past Sunday, November 30, students at the Old Bridge Music Center in Old Bridge, New Jersey, were treated to a special master class clinic with EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting. The event was part of the school's ongoing "Meetings With Masters” series that offers young music students the chance to le...

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GEORGE LYNCH Says DON DOKKEN's Greed Caused Breakup Of DOKKEN's Classic Lineup

Stuart Bull of Guitar Interactive magazine recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, KXM). You can now watch the chat in four parts below. Speaking about the breakup of the classic DOKKEN lineup in 1989, Lynch said: "Here's the things that happens in a...

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Guitarist CHRIS BRODERICK Quits MEGADETH

MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick has released the following statement: "Due to artistic and musical differences, it is with great reluctance that I announce my departure from MEGADETH to pursue my own musical direction. "I want all of you to know how much I appreciate the amount that you the fans...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT To Begin Recording 'The American Dream Died' Album In December

New York hardcore veterans AGNOSTIC FRONT will enter Buzzbomb Sound Labs on December 5 to begin recording their 11th studio album. Paul Miner (TERROR, H2O, ATREYU, DEATH BY STEREO) will engineer, mix and master the CD for an early 2015 release via Nuclear Blast. Artwork and layout will be handled by...

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Soulbender II

A decade ago, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton started a little project called SOULBENDER. SOULBENDER originally featured Wilton with MY SISTER'S MACHINE vocalist Nick Pollock, second guitarist Dave Groves, drummer Wes Hallam and bassist Marten Van Keith. Along the way, SECOND COMING vocalist Tr...

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KING DIAMOND: 'Dreams Of Horror' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Dreams Of Horror", a 2xCD collection of KING DIAMOND songs, newly enhanced into ultimate editions by King Diamond and Andy La Rocque themselves, sold around 1,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. "Dreams Of Horror" is the only "best-of" album covering the band's entire care...

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KREATOR Has Two Song Ideas For Next Album, Says MILLE PETROZZA

Alex Stojanovic of Metal Master Kingdom conducted an interview with Mille Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR on October 29 at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the progress of...

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METALLICA Performs Three-Song Set At 'The Concert For Valor'; Pro-Shot Video

METALLICA was one of the headliners of last night's (Tuesday, November 11) The Concert For Valor in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall. The show was co-sponsored by HBO and Starbucks and executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Joel Gallen -- who also directed. HBO broadcasted the conce...

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IRON MAIDEN: Production Videos For Classic '80s Vinyl Reissues

Parlophone Records (BMG/INgrooves Music Group for North America) is following the 2012/13 IRON MAIDEN vinyl picture disc reissues of the first eight IRON MAIDEN albums, which spanned the 1980s, with brand new pressings of the albums in heavyweight 180-gram black vinyl. Two production videos focusing...

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METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of BLIZZCON Performance

METALLICA performed live at this year's BlizzCon gaming convention on Saturday, November 8 in Anaheim, California. As with previous years, the performance took place during the convention's closing ceremony. Check out video footage of the performance below. Also available is a backstage interview wi...