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DARKSIDE Guitarist To Tour With SAWTHIS

Janos Murri, who was the session guitarist for DARKSIDE on the band's tour with MOONSPELL in 2007 and a recording member of DEMOLITION, has been recruited by Italian death/thrashers SAWTHIS to play guitar on their upcoming East European tour supporting Polish death metallers VADER. Janos, who starte...

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DESTRUCTION, KREATOR, DORO Members Lend Their Voices To German Version Of 'Metalocalypse'

KREATOR's Miland "Mille" Petrozza, DESTRUCTION's Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, Doro Pesch and KNORKATOR's Alf Ator have lent their voices to the German version of "Metalocalypse", the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band, which airs in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's...

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SLASH Unveils His New Signature-Model GIBSON Guitars

Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument retailer, along with Gibson Custom Shop guitars, has announced the new Gibson Custom "Appetite" Les Paul Guitar, a limited-edition guitar made to honor Slash, and the same model that he used to record his recent solo album "Slash". Guitar Center...

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WATCHTOWER Parts Ways With Singer ALAN TECCHIO

Austin, Texas technical metal godfathers WATCHTOWER have parted ways with vocalist Alan Tecchio. Commented the band: "We know this announcement may come as a shock to many who've heard our new song, 'The Size of Matter', and saw us live with Alan in Germany last month. Alan did a great job on 'Matte...

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EXODUS: More 'Exhibit B: The Human Condition' Song Commentary Available

In the last of four installments revealing the back-stories to the tracks on the upcoming EXODUS album, guitarist / songwriter Gary Holt offers additional commentary on the songs that will appear on "Exhibit B: The Human Condition", set for release in North America on May 18 via Nuclear Blast Record...

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A Savage Symphony: The History of Annihilation

It was high time that we got an all-inclusive DESTRUCTION DVD that covered the seminal band's bumpy historical ride and captured one of their ferocious live performances. "A Savage Symphony: The History of Annihilation" does just that and more in three-and-a-half hours. The quality and comprehensive...

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MEGADETH Interviewed On ROCK & POP 95.9's 'Cual Es?'; Audio Available

MEGADETH took part in an interview and acoustic performance on Wednesday, April 28 on the "Cual Es?" show at the Rock & Pop 95.9 studios in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The chat is now available for streaming in three parts below. The band performed the following tracks: * Trust * Use The Man * Sym...

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EARLY GRAVES To Release 'Goner' In June

San Francisco's EARLY GRAVES has completed work on its sophomore album, "Goner", for a June 22 release via Ironclad/Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2008's "We: The Guillotine" was recorded at Louder Studios (MELVINS, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, SAVIOURS) by Tim Green (THE FUCKING CHAMPS, NATION...

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GARY HOLT Says 'Big Four' Should be Expanded To Include EXODUS: 'We Were There At The Start'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: Briefly explain what the subject matter is on "Exhibit A: The Atrocity Exhibition"? Gary: [Laughs] Oh, man, I'm not good...

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D.J. ASHBA: I Am Not Just 'Filling In' With GUNS N' ROSES

D.J. Ashba (GUNS N' ROSES, SIXX: A.M.) has shot down reports that he is just "filling in" on guitar with GUNS N' ROSES while he is preparing to release the sophomore album from SIXX: A.M. In an April 2010 interview with Meltdown of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station, Ashba's SIXX: A.M....

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EMERALD To Enter Studio This Month

Swiss melodic metallers EMERALD will enter Little Creek studios in Gelterkinden (Baselland),Switzerland on May 17 with producer V.O. Pulver (POLTERGEIST, DESTRUCTION, GURD) to begin recording their fifth album, "Re-Forged", for a late fall/winter release through Pure Steel Records/Twilight. Songtit...

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AC/DC's 'Back In Black' Tops New 'Rock Album' Poll

According to BigPond News, AC/DC's album "Back In Black" has topped a poll of the 100 greatest rock albums of all time. The band had another two albums in the chart — "TNT" reached No. 29 and "High Voltage" No. 72. Voted by listeners, the Triple M-compiled chart featured GUNS N' ROSES' "Appetite ...

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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Named 'Best Heavy Metal Album Of All Time'

METALLICA's 1986 LP "Master of Puppets" has been named the "best heavy metal album of all time" in a poll for musicians' web site MusicRadar.com. With the results released on International Noise Awareness Day, MusicRadar.com teamed up with Metal Hammer, the U.K.'s best-selling heavy metal magazine,...

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MEGADETH Goes Acoustic In Argentina; Video Available

MEGADETH took part in an interview and acoustic performance yesterday (Wednesday, April 28) on the "Cual Es?" show at the Rock & Pop 95.9 studios in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The band performed the following tracks: * Trust * Use The Man * Symphony Of Destruction * She-Wolf * Peace Sells * Holy...

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WATCHTOWER: Footage From KEEP IT TRUE Festival Posted Online

Video footage of Austin, Texas technical metal godfathers WATCHTOWER performing their 1985 classic "Social Fears" at this year's Keep It True festival at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany can be viewed in two parts below. Footage of the band's cover of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" f...