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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: Firing JOEY JORDISON 'Was One Of The Hardest Decisions We Ever Made'

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that firing Joey Jordison, the band's drummer of 18 years, was "one of the hardest decisions" the group ever made, but insists that he and his bandmates are "happy" to have moved on. SLIPKNOT announced its split with Jordison in December 2013 but did not disclose th...

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METALLICA To Release 27 Live Albums On CD

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "We've been extremely proud to offer virtually every show we've done in the past ten years as a download within days of the shows happening... sometimes even hours! Over the years we've been able to offer more download option...

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Would OVERKILL, TESTAMENT Or EXODUS Be Included In Expanded 'Big Four'? BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Weighs In

In a brand new interview with the Houston Press, vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL was asked if the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — were ever expanded to a "Big Five," who would get the extra slot: TES...

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BLOODBATH Recruits PARADISE LOST's NICK HOLMES As Its New Singer

Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH, which features in its ranks KATATONIA's Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström, as well as OPETH's Martin Axenrot, has recruited PARADISE LOST's Nick Holmes as its new lead singer. Holmes will make his BLOODBATH debut on the band's new album, "Grand Morbid Funeral"...

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BABYMETAL: Japanese TV Report On Recent North American Shows

A three-and-a-half-minute Japanese TV report on BABYMETAL's recent North American shows can be seen below. BABYMETAL will play a special one-off show in New York City on November 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom (located at 311 West 34th Street). Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Ja...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO On Next Album: 'We're Gonna Get Back To The Drawing Board'

Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon, who currently resides in Hollywood, California, recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. You can now watch the second part of the chat below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for METALLICA's follow-up to...

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RAMMSTEIN Is 'Taking Time Off', Planning To Release Concert DVDs, Says Guitarist RICHARD KRUSPE

Guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN spoke to UK's Metal Hammer magazine about the band's current status, five years after the release of RAMMSTEIN's latest studio album, "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da". "I think RAMMSTEIN [is one of] those things [that] can never be over," K...

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER To GENE SIMMONS: 'Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Dead'

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has issued a response to KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' recent comment that "rock is dead." Simmons told Esquire magazine last week — in an interview conducted by his son Nick — that "rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance, somewhere, wa...

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BULLET: 'Riding High' Video Released

"Riding High", the new video from Swedish hard rockers BULLET, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Storm Of Blades", which was released on September 5 in Europe and Sepember 9 in North America via Nuclear Blast. The band's fifth longplayer marks the first recording to fe...

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Video: CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Performs SEPULTURA, NAILBOMB Classics In Fortaleza

Fan-filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, the band led by brothers and founding SEPULTURA members Max (also of SOULFLY) and Igor Cavalera, performing on September 2 at Complexo Armazém in Fortaleza, Brazil can be seen below. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's third album, "Pandemonium", will be released o...

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LORDI To Release 'Scare Force One' Album On Halloween

Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will release their seventh studio album, "Scare Force One", on October 31 via AFM. A digital single, "Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein", will precede the full-length effort on September 19. The first "Scare Force One" edition comes as a digipak. The effort will...

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The Return

Seventeen years in the life and a new album cover liberally borrowing from the "Spiderman" movie poster art, Florida rockers NONPOINT are back with their latest offering, "The Return". Bringing aboard Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, STAIND, MEGADETH) for the second album in a row, let...

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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Performs New Song 'Babylonian Pandemonium' In Brazil; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, the band led by brothers and founding SEPULTURA members Max (also of SOULFLY) and Igor Cavalera, performing a new song, "Babylonian Pandemonium", on September 2 at Complexo Armazém in Fortaleza, Brazil can be seen below. The track is taken from CAVALE...

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SIXX: A.M.'s JAMES MICHAEL, DJ ASHBA On UK's TeamRock Radio: Interview, Acoustic Performance (Audio)

James Michael and DJ Ashba of SIXX: A.M. recently took part in an interview and acoustic performance on the TeamRock Radio "Breakfast Show" in the United Kingdom. They talk to comedian and Metal Hammer journalist Stephen Hill about making the new SIXX: A.M. album, "Modern Vintage", with bandmate Nik...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'Rock Is Finally Dead'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons gave an interview to his son Nick for Esquire.com in which he was asked what he would say to young musicians and songwriters today trying to be successful in the wake of the meltdown of the music business in recent years "Don't quit your day job is a good ...