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TESTAMENT Taps Drummer GENE HOGLAN For Select Dates On ANTHRAX Tour

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have tapped Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (ex-DARK ANGEL, ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) to join them on the road for select dates on their upcoming co-headlining tour with ANTHRAX. Gene will sit behind the kit for TESTAMENT from October 2...

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GAMMA RAY Guitarist Forced To Sit Out SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE Appearance

Guitarist Henjo Richter of German power metallers GAMMA RAY will be forced to sit out the band's appearance on the Sweden Rock Cruise. The ship Tallink Silja Galaxy departs from Stockholm, Sweden on October 6 and makes a round trip to Turku, Finland to return to Stockholm 23 hours later. Comments GA...

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CLIFF BURTON's Father Thanks Fans For Their Support 25 Years After His Son's Death (Video)

In the video clip below, Ray Burton, the 86-year-old father of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton, thanks all of Cliff's fans for the support they have given his son since Cliff's death 25 years ago. Cliff Burton, best known as a heavy metal bass player who made use of distortion and special effect...

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ACCEPT Begins Work On New Album

Following the tremendous success of ACCEPT's comeback album, "Blood Of The Nations", and accompanying world tour which consisted of more than 180 shows around the globe the reformed heavy metal legends have now withdrawn from the stage to start work on their next CD. The band is currently writing ma...

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CLIFF BURTON Remembered: Outtakes From REVOLVER's LARS ULRICH Interview

Today marks the 25th anniversary of METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton's death. In remembrance of him, the band's drummer Lars Ulrich gave a personal and emotional account of him in Revolver magazine's January/February "Fallen Heroes" issue. He had so many great stories about Burton, Revolver couldn't f...

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EXODUS Rejoined By Guitarist RICK HUNOLT For 'Holty Matrimony' Concert (Video)

EXODUS, HEATHEN and DEATH ANGEL are among the bands who played at a concert in celebration of EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt and Lisa Perticone's upcoming wedding. The event took place this past Saturday, September 24 at Avalon in Santa Clara, California, and featured additional appearances by MIDNIGHT...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Talks New Album, Upcoming Tour (Audio)

Valerie Bastien of RockSource360.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio):

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EXODUS Guitarist Interviewed At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Emma Barnett of Total Rock radio conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 12-14, 2011 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the ch...

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HAIL! Taps UGLY KID JOE Singer For Turkish Festival Appearance

HAIL! the supergroup featuring a rotating list of musicians, including current and former members of SEPULTURA, TESTAMENT, DREAM THEATER and MEGADETH will play a festival at Kucukciftlik Park in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, October 15. The band's lineup for this performance will consist of the foll...

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EXODUS Nearly Replaced MEGADETH At 'Big Four' Concert At Yankee Stadium

San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS were added to the billing of the "Big Four" concert at September 14 at Yankee Stadium in New York City as the last-minute replacement for MEGADETH after it looked like Dave Mustaine wasn't going to be able to make the show. Two days prior to the "Big Four" eve...

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EXODUS Guitarist Says Stage Diving And Slam Pits In Thrash Metal Started In Bay Area

In upcoming deluxe thrash metal photo book "Murder In The Front Row: Shots From The Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter" by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew, guitarist Gary Holt of EXODUS (and currently a touring member of SLAYER) claims that the bruising scenes seen nightly at metal shows everywhere first c...

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'Big Four' At Yankee Stadium: New 17-Minute Video Report Posted Online

Jo Schftan of Horns Up Rocks! has posted a 17-minute video report shot during the "Big Four" concert on Wednesday, September 14 at the Yankee Stadium in New York City. The clip features live footage, fan interview clips as well as highlights from ANTHRAX's midday press conference. Also available is...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist On New Album: 'It's Looking Like We May Have A Winner'

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have been spending time in the studio recording their new album, "Dark Roots Of Earth", tentatively due in February 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. Due to a "serious injury," regular TESTAMENT drummer Paul Bostaph was unable to take part in the recording se...

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SLAYER: More Drum-Cam Footage From Yankee Stadium

Drum-cam footage of SLAYER's Dave Lombardo performing the songs "Postmortem", Hate Worldwide" and "War Ensemble" during the band's September 14, 2011 concert at Yankee Stadium in New York City with METALLICA, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX can be seen below. Gary Holt of EXODUS has spent the last few months f...

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METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of Yankee Stadium Concert

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's pre-show meet-and-greet, tuning-room jam and performance at the September 14 "Big Four" concert at Yankee Stadium in New York City can be viewed below. The highly anticipated onstage performance of the "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal METALLICA, ME...