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SLAYER's KERRY KING: MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder 'Committed Business Suicide' With 'Gray, Bald And Fat' Comment

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that he didn't take it personally when Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman criticized the metal scene for the lower-than-usual attendance at this year's edition of the travelling event. The tour is smaller this year, with fewer bands overall...

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First Taste Of New IRON MAIDEN Music From 'The Book Of Souls' Album

A 30-second preview of a new IRON MAIDEN song from the band's forthcoming album, "The Book Of Souls", is available in the YouTube clip below. In a recent interview with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris was asked if singer Bruce Dickinson's cancer diagnosis at the end of 201...

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VINNIE PAUL On HELLYEAH And DOWN Headlining Michigan's DIRT FEST: It's All 'Media Hype'

MusikUniverse.mu recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On HELLYEAH's musical direction for the next album: "[2014's] 'Blood For Blood' sets...

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FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES Says MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder 'Has A Point'

In a brand new interview with Overdrive, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares was asked about Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman's recent comment that metal has gotten "gray, bald and fat," and that it had no worthy future headlining acts to take over from the classic bands...

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MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder JOHN REESE To Metal Community: 'It Is Vitally Important That We All Unite, Not Divide'

John Reese (pictured with SLAYER's Kerry King),the co-founder of the annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, has penned an "open letter" to the heavy metal community, asking everyone to support the genre and not continue to make divisive comments regarding the event. After Reese's partner, Ke...

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HELLYEAH's CHAD GRAY: 'Metal Is Not Safe; It's Nonconformist'

Howie D. from Hard Edge Radio and National Rock Review recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH and MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what he would still like to accomplish wi...

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SATAN: New Song 'The Devil's Infantry' Available For Streaming

British heavy metal veterans SATAN will release their new studio album, "Atom By Atom", in October via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2013's "Life Sentence" was recorded at Newcastle's First Avenue Studios and was once again mixed and mastered by Dario Mollo in Italy. The cover artwork, which...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE 'Calls Bulls**t' On MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder's 'Gray, Bald And Fat' Comment

LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe has slammed Kevin Lyman over comments the co-founder of the annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival made regarding the state of the heavy metal scene and the future of the traveling event. In an article published on July 8 by Detroit Free Press, Lyman was ...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Slammed By JUNGLE ROT Frontman Over MAYHEM FESTIVAL Comments

Vocalist Dave Matrise of Wisconsin death metallers JUNGLE ROT has slammed Kerry King over the SLAYER guitarist's controversial comments about the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, saying that Kerry "could've waited until he was done after the tour to open his mouth." In a recent interview with...

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KERRY KING On This Year's MAYHEM FESTIVAL: 'You Need Talent To Make People Feel Like Spending That Much Money'

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that the organizers of the annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival "tried to reinvent" the event this year and "didn't put enough thought into it," resulting in poor attendance figures. In a recent interview with Metal Insider, King criticized this year's editio...

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HELLYEAH's TOM MAXWELL, KYLE SANDERS Talk To MUSIC JUNKIE PRESS (Video)

Music Junkie Press conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell and bassist Kyle Sanders during this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott recently revealed that the band will enter the studio in October with...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: There's No Way I'd Be Able To Sing PANTERA's 'Cemetery Gates' Again

On July 18, John Doan of MusicFrenzy.net conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current DOWN and SUPERJOINT singer Philip Anselmo in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during SUPERJOINT's "It Takes Guts" tour. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts from the chat...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING On This Year's MAYHEM FESTIVAL: 'Whoever Booked This Made A Gigantic Error'

At this past Sunday night's (July 19) Rockstar Energy Mayhem Drink Festival in Hartford, Connecticut, Metal Insider asked SLAYER guitarist Kerry King about Mayhem co-founder Kevin Lyman's recent comment that metal "chased girls away" because the genre "got gray, bald and fat." King responded: "It's...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Slams 'Douche' MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder Over 'Gray, Bald And Fat' Comment

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King has slammed Kevin Lyman over comments the co-founder of the annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival made regarding the state of the heavy metal scene and the future of the traveling event. In an article published on July 8 by Detroit Free Press, Lyman was quoted a .....

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HELLYEAH To Re-Team With Producer KEVIN CHURKO For Fifth Album

Nev Pearce of Australia's "Rabid Noise" podcast recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if it's too early for fans to expect the follow-up to HELLYEAH's 2014 album "Blood For Blood" in the near f...