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SLAYER, TESTAMENT Members Featured In San Francisco Pre-Show Jam (Video)

SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph has uploaded video footage of a soundcheck "jam" that took place before the band's March 22 concert at The Warfield in San Francisco, California. Joining Bostaph during the jam were his SLAYER bandmates Tom Araya (bass, vocals) and Gary Holt (guitar) alongside TESTAMENT g...

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SLAYER's PAUL BOSTAPH: 'It's Not Easy To Try And Emulate' What DAVE LOMBARDO Does

In a brand new interview with SF Station, SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph was asked if it gets any easier replacing the band's original drummer, Dave Lombardo, now that he has done it several times over the course of the last couple of decades. He responded: "No, it doesn't get any easier. I think ...

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HATEBREED: Audio Samples Of Three New Songs From 'The Concrete Confessional'

Connecticut-based hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED will release their new album, "The Concrete Confessional", on May 13 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The follow-up to 2013's "The Divinity Of Purpose" was produced by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (ROB ZOMBIE, SUICIDE SILENCE, WHITECHA...

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Photos: SLAYER And TESTAMENT Members Cuddle Puppies From Washington Animal Rescue Shelter

On Saturday, March 19, members of SLAYER and TESTAMENT spent time "hanging out and cuddling" puppies from the Motley Zoo animal rescue shelter in Redmond, Washington before the two bands' joint concert in Seattle. A posting on the Motley Zoo Facebook page reads: "This was the second time we met [SLA...

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DIAMOND HEAD: Trailer For Forthcoming Self-Titled Album

Influential and iconic heavy metal band DIAMOND HEAD will release its first album of new material in eight years on April 22. Titled "Diamond Head", the disc features an exciting new talent in singer Rasmus Bom Andersen. A three-minute trailer for "Diamond Head" is available below. In 2014, DIAMOND...

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CARCASS Frontman JEFF WALKER Breaks Foot

Bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS broke the the proximal fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot prior to the band's March 19 concert in Seattle, Washington as the support act for SLAYER and TESTAMENT. Walker has received medical treatment for his injury and is ex...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Feat. Ex-SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO: Video Of New York City Concert

Former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo is sitting behind the kit for SUICIDAL TENDENCIES during the band's North American tour as the support act for MEGADETH. Fan-filmed video footage of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES' March 16 performance at Terminal 5 in New York City can be seen below. SUICIDAL TENDENCIES fro...

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SLAYER/EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT Talks About Having His Own Blood Used To Paint Signature ESP Guitar

At this year's NAMM show in Anaheim, California, groundbreaking blood-wielding surrealist Vincent Castiglia and SLAYER/EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt officially revealed a custom-painted Gary Holt signature ESP electric guitar, detailed completely with Holt's very own blood. The blood was drawn from Hol...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING: 'I'm Still Putting Out Product That Looks And Sounds Great'

In a brand new interview with Las Vegas Magazine, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King was asked if the band could have survived something like the death of co-founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman ten or twenty years ago. "It's hard to say," he responded. "This situation that we're in right now, everything just...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Says JEFF HANNEMAN Would Have Been Proud Of 'Repentless' Album

In a brand new interview with Loudwire, SLAYER frontman Tom Araya was asked if he thinks the band's late guitarist, Jeff Hanneman, would have been proud of SLAYER's new album, "Repentless". He responded (see video below): "Yeah, I think he would have. When we first started [putting ideas together fo...

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DAVE LOMBARDO's DEAD CROSS: 'We'll Sleep When They're Dead' Song Available For Streaming

"We'll Sleep When They're Dead", the first official studio recording from DEAD CROSS, the new "punk" outfit featuring former SLAYER and PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo alongside members of THE LOCUST and RETOX, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The recording sessions for the song were h...

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Video: EXODUS Dedicates 'A Lesson In Violence' To LEMMY During Gothenburg Concert

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS dedicated their song "A Lesson In Violence" to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister during their March 16 concert at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Said EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souz...

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GARY HOLT Defends SLAYER Against Accusations Of White Supremacy And Nazism

In a brand new interview with SF Weekly, SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt was asked about the band's motive for covering a lot of violent, dark topics in its lyrics, like murder, necrophilia, Satanism, Nazism, and terrorism. He said: "People in bands such as SLAYER and my other band EXODUS get asked that...

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Video Premiere: SLAYER's 'You Against You'

SLAYER's new music video for the song "You Against You" can be seen below. The clip was directed by BJ McDonnell, who previously worked with SLAYER on the "Repentless" video. SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph recently told Be In The Loop Magazine about the "You Against You" clip: "We filmed that in southe...

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EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING: 'We Love What We Do, And We're Having Fun'

MikeJamesRockShow.com conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS at this year's edition of Hammerfest, which was held March 10-13 at at Camp HRH, Pwllheli, North Wales, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how he would ac...