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METALLICA: Audio Of Second New Song Posted Online

A very rough audio recording of METALLICA performing a second new song — tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song" — during their headlining appearance Sunday night (August 13) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan has been posted online at this location (another low-quality MP3 file can be dow...

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METALLICA Performs Another New Song At Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival

METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song" — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan. According to one BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor (jason_813) who attended the concert, the song...

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The Cartoon Network Goes Heavy Metal

Larissa Glasser of The Phoenix recently conducted an interview with Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, creators of the upcoming cartoon series "Dethklok Metalocalypse" about a half-Norwegian/half-American black metal band called DEATHKLOK. Premiering this Sunday (August 6) at 11:45 p.m. on Adult Swim (...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT: DRAGONFORCE Are 'Fastest Guitar Players I Think I've Ever Seen'

Steve Baltin of AOL Music recently asked METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett which new guitarists have impressed him of late. "I really like this absurd band called DRAGONFORCE," Kirk said. "Those are the fastest guitar players I think I've ever seen. They're like Yngwie [Malmsteen] on steroids. No, th...

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DOWN Working On Two Albums' Worth Of Material, Planning More Tours

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — i...

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TRIVIUM's HEAFY, BEAULIEU Interview METALLICA's HAMMETT For GUITAR WORLD Magazine

TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu "had the honor" to spend some time with guitar legend Kirk Hammett of METALLICA and ask a few questions and get a few answers. The results appear in the current issue of Guitar World magazine (web site),available on the newsstands now. Commented TRIVIUM: "We...

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METALLICA Guitarist HAMMETT Selling California Home For $12.5 Million: Photos Available

According to SF.Curbed.com, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett is selling his Pacific Heights, California house for $12.5 million. The Georgian Mansion with 9,519 square feet, nine bedrooms, seven full baths, three half baths, a library, and a "billiard/family room" includes "a deep grassy garden and...

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CROWBAR: 'Broken Glass' To Be Reissued

Candlelight Records will be reissuing CROWBAR's "Broken Glass" album on August 7. Originally released in October 1996 via Pavement Records, "Broken Glass" has been long out of print. It features backing vocals by then-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo, who is also CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein's bandm...

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ECHOES OF ETERNITY Aim To Recreate Vibe Of DEATH's 'Symbolic' With Female Vocals

After signing a worldwide record deal with Nuclear Blast Records, ECHOES OF ETERNITY are currently hard at work tracking their debut album with the assistance of Los Angeles-based engineer Eric Ryan. Working songtitles for the expected 2007 release include "Gardens Of The Gods", "Circles In Stone",...

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IRON FIRE: 'Revenge' Concept/Story Explained

Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish power metallers IRON FIRE (also in FORCE OF EVIL) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Here it is IRON heads. We now have a link up on our homepage with the story and concept behind [the latest IRON FIRE album] 'Revenge'. Due ...

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METALLICA: 'The Simpsons' Guest Appearance To Air In September

According to a posting on METALLICA's official web site, METALLICA's much-anticipated appearance on "The Simpsons" will air as the program's season premiere on September 10, 2006 on the Fox network. Check local listings for channel and showtime in your area. The four members of METALLICA recorded th...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: METALLICA's HAMMETT 'Loves' Our New Album

The following item was submitted by Jakob Kranz of Radio Fritz's (web site) "Stahlwerk" show: "TRIVIUM just finished their clubshow in Germany at the KaTo Club. It was sold out completely, and dozens of fans had to be sent away. One year ago only 50 people attended... TRIVIUM called it 'The hottest...

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The Anatomy Of

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has had quite a run of phenomenal albums. This time the band decided to have a little fun with "The Anatomy Of", an album of 14 cover songs from a varied group of acts. Rather than rendering the originals unrecognizable, the quintet took songs from groups like MÖTLEY CRÜE,...

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DOWN: Photos From Last Night's Hometown Performance Posted Online

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — m...

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DOWN: Hometown Show Will Be 'Only North American Appearance' This Year

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...