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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Video Interview With JOEL STROETZEL
Peter Bailey of the "Metalheadz" radio show conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Download festival, which was held June 11-13, 2010 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the chat below. Vocalist Howard Jones recently retu...July 1, 2010
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Reunited SANCTUARY Begins Writing New Material
Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY, which features in its ranks current NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane, has begun writing material for a new studio album. Dane tells MetalSucks, "Wait 'till you hear some of the new stuff! I've got a song that I've been working on the last few days. It's prett...July 1, 2010
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DEATH ANGEL: New Album Title, Artwork Revealed
San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL have set "Relentless Retribution" as the title of their new album, due on September 3 in Europe and September 14 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM...July 1, 2010
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BRET MICHAELS Meeting With 'American Idol' Producers
According to the World Entertainment News Network, POISON singer Bret Michaels has revealed he is in talks with "American Idol" bosses about possibly replacing Simon Cowell as a judge on the show. Michaels made his first live appearance after his recent brain hemorrhage and mild stroke on the talent...June 28, 2010
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TWISTED SISTER Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At France's HELLFEST; Video Available
Fan-filmed video footage of TWISTED SISTER performing a cover version of the RAINBOW classic "Long Live Rock'n'Roll" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio at this year's Hellfest, which took place June 18-20 in Clisson, France, can be viewed below. TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French recently said th...June 28, 2010
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AGENT STEEL Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIV Festival
California metallers AGENT STEEL, who were recently rejoined by original singer John Cyriis, have been confirmed as the co-headliners of the Keep It True XIV festival, set to take place April 29-30, 2011 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as f...June 27, 2010
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Reunited SANCTUARY To Perform At Japan's 'Thrash Domination 2010'
Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY, which features in its ranks current NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane, will perform at the September 19 "Thrash Domination 2010" event at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan. Also scheduled to appear are EXODUS, OVERKILL, OUTRAGE and AGENT STEEL. Dane recently annou...June 23, 2010
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DEATH ANGEL: More Footage From The Road Posted Online
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have posted the third in a series of webisodes documenting the band's life on the road in Europe. Watch the four-minute clip below. DEATH ANGEL will release its new album on September 3 in Europe and September 14 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast Reco...June 22, 2010
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Former BLAZE BAYLEY Drummer Joins SINOCENCE
Former BLAZE BAYLEY drummer Larry Paterson has joined the Northern Ireland-based metal band SINOCENCE. The group is currently working on material for a new CD, tentatively due in 2011. Paterson states, "Expect a lot of touring — particularly once the album is out — bringing the noise to everywhere t...June 22, 2010
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Is STATIC-X Done? Frontman WAYNE STATIC Speaks Out
STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static was interviewed on June 18, 2010 edition of "Uncensored Net Noise". The program can now be streamed in three parts below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. On whether there is any truth to the Internet rumors that STATIC-X has broken up: Wayne: "Well, that's n...June 22, 2010
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SCORPIONS Frontman Calls Out Fan At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL
Eddie Trunk — co-host of the VH1 Classic television program "That Metal Show" who has a long-running radio show, "Friday Night Rocks", on New York's Q104.3 FM — has posted a report on this past Saturday's (June 19) M3 Rock Festival, which was held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryl...June 21, 2010
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Night Assassins
There is no dearth of acts playing vintage '80s thrash metal is there? It has become a global phenomenon as scores of dudes have donned leather jackets, denim vests, and Chuck Taylors, assuming the position, plugging in, and cranking out. It is something that has taken hold in Hungary as well, altho...June 20, 2010
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METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX: Video Footage Of 'Big Four' Photo Call
METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — played together for the first time in history this past Wednesday night (June 16) in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonisphere festival at Bemowo Airport in Warsaw, Poland. ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted...June 20, 2010
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Say Uncle
Having missed this completely when it came out, my only exposure to UNCLE SLAM being tepid final album "When God Dies", I owe Matt at Tribunal a big debt for resurrecting this moldy oldie. On the face of it, you could say that this west coast crossover thrash fell through the cracks back in the ...June 20, 2010
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DUFF MCKAGAN Learns To Ignore Rumors
Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER/JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Duff McKagan tells Spinner that he has been paying very little attention to all the Internet rumors surrounding his addition to the JANE'S lineup as the replacement for the band's original member Eric Avery. "Rumors are always...June 19, 2010
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