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METALLICA: 'KFMA Day' Setlist Revealed

METALLICA performed last night (Friday, May 16) at the annual KFMA Day music festival at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona. KFMA Day is an annual, multi-act music festival thrown by local radio station KFMA (92.1 and 101.3 FM). APOCALYPTICA, SCARS ON BROADWAY and FLOBOTS were also on th...

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KISS: Chicken And Lamb In Bulgaria

Legendary group KISS performed at the Sofia stadium Academic in Bulgaria earlier tonight (Friday, May 16) as part of its world tour the group's first in 10 years. According to Novinite.com, the concert stage was 18 meters wide and 11 meters deep. The technical equipment for the show weighed 20 tons...

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METALLICA: Soundboard Audio Recordings From Wiltern Concert Available

Soundboard audio recordings of several songs from METALLICA's May 14, 2008 benefit concert at the 2,200-seat Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles can be heard below. All proceeds from the show will go to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit music school for low-income students that was co-fou...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD On New Album: 'The Direction Is Embracing Our Past In The Now'

RollingStone.com conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield on Wedneday (May 14),a few hours before the band's performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. RollingStone.com: Does the new METALLICA album have a title yet? Hetfield:...

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METALLICA Tour To Kick Off In October

Mitchell Peters of Billboard.biz reports: With a handful of U.S. and overseas festival and concert dates lined up this summer, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has revealed that the band will follow the September release of its new as-yet-untitled album with a tour. The trek will begin in October, Ulri...

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METALLICA: Video Footage From Last Night's L.A. Concert Available

The first fan-filmed video footage of METALLICA's concert last night (Wednesday, May 14) at a benefit show at the 2,200-seat Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles can be viewed below. METALLICA's setlist was as follows: 01. Creeping Death 02. Fuel 03. For Whom The Bell Tolls 04. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 0...

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METALLICA Plays Benefit Show In L.A.; Setlist Revealed, Photos Available

METALLICA played a benefit show last night (Wednesday, May 14) at the 2,200-seat Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. All proceeds from the show will go to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit music school for low-income students that was co-founded by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea. The...

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DEL JAMES: New Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest "Talking Metal" podcast features a very special interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with author, songwriter, and musician Del James. Topics include Del's cult classic collection of short stories "The Language of Fear", his upcoming novel "A Celebration of Pain", songw...

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WARRANT Drummer: 'I Feel Like I've Been Given A Second Chance To Reconnect With Old Friends'

WARRANT's official MySpace page has been updated with a new interview with drummer Steven Sweet. Several excerpts follow. Q: WARRANT had played a lot of shows in the past two years. Now that you've taken some down time, are yourestless to get back on the stage? Sweet: Absolutely! After having just d...

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METALLICA: 'Master of Puppets' Vinyl Reissue Due In June

METALLICA has posted the following message on its web site: "As promised, June will see the re-release of 'Master of Puppets' [1986] on vinyl . . . the retro summer continues! Following on the heels of 'Kill 'Em All' [1983] and 'Ride The Lightning' [1984], we dusted off the masters and 'Master of Pu...

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IMPELLITTERI: 'ROB ROCK Is Officially Back In The Band'

IMPELLITTERI mainman/guitarist Chris Impellitteri has issued the following update: "First, I want to thank Guitar World magazine for including IMPELLITTERI in their 50 'Fastest Guitarist of All Time' article. That was really nice of them to include me. I am definitely guilty of playing hyper-speed a...

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ROSE TATTOO: Special Edition Of 'Blood Brothers' To Include Bonus DVD

Wacken Records/SPV will release a "special edition" of "Blood Brothers" (cover artwork),the latest album from the Australian rock legends ROSE TATTOO, on June 13. Besides the regular album, the "special edition" will feature a DVD containing the Wacken Open Air show from 2006 plus the Tatts TV inte...

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INTO ETERNITY Mainman Issues SYMPHONY X Tour Recap

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "We just finished our last show with SYMPHONY X and EPICA and all we can say is that the tour was killer! Everyone from the bands to the crew was super-cool. It t...

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Custom KIRK HAMMETT Amp Available From RANDALL AMPLIFIERS

Randall Amplifiers has announced the RM100KH custom Kirk Hammett amp complete with three MTS preamp modules to enable musicians everywhere to capture the distinctive tones of METALLICA's legendary guitarist. The custom RM100KH Kirk Hammett amp offers the full array of tones that have been the staple...

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Before the Throne...

England's Siege of Amida Records seem to have a knack for discovering bands playing a vicious and modern strain of grindcore and death metal, as releases from DISKREET and WHITECHAPEL clearly demonstrate (both are distributed through Candlelight in the States). I can't praise "Before the Throne of I...