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LOST ANGELS: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Night Songs' Performance From Sydney

Professionally filmed video footage of LOST ANGELS — the band featuring Eric Dover (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ALICE COOPER),John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE SCREAM, UNION),drummer Troy Patrick Farrell (WHITE LION, GILBY CLARKE, PRETTY BOY FLOYD),and bassist Eric Brittingham (CINDERELLA) — performing the CIN...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Talks Songwriting, Influences

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: Looking back at the early days of thrash metal, at what point did you realize that there was a movement going o...

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Former MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Talks To 106.3 THE BUZZ (Audio)

Johnny Thrash of "The Oath" metal radio show, which airs on the KBZS-FM / 106.3 The Buzz station in Wichita Falls, Texas, recently conducted an interview with reclusive former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Menza has been writing, recording and produc...

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Original TROUBLE Drummer JEFF OLSON Rejoins THE SKULL

Drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson has rejoined THE SKULL, the band he formed with fellow original member of Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE, vocalist Eric Wagner, and the band's longtime bassist, Ron Holzner. Olson states: "I know that I've mentioned that I wouldn't perform TROUBLE's music anymore unless...

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Former MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA To Release 'Megalife' Memoir

Reclusive former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza has been writing, recording and producing constantly but only releasing sporadic singles for years. That will all change when he opens the floodgates with the upcoming release of his memoir, "Nick Menza: Megalife", by acclaimed writer J. Marshall Craig. "...

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GENE HOGLAN On DARK ANGEL Reunion Rumors: Not So Fast

Six days after it was announced that classic late '80s /early '90s California thrashers DARK ANGEL would reunite for a number of shows next year — including an appearance at the Keep It True XVII festival, set to take place April 25-26, 2014 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany — the...

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TESTAMENT: 'Dark Roots Of Thrash' DVD/2CD Detailed

"Dark Roots Of Thrash", a DVD/2CD release documenting Bay Area veterans TESTAMENT's sold-out headlining performance at the Paramount in Huntington, New York this past February, will be made available on October 11 (Europe) and October 15 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. "Dark Roots Of Thra...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Founder ALLEN LANIER Dead At 66

Founding BLUE ÖYSTER CULT keyboardist and guitarist Allen Lanier died earlier today (Wednesday, August 14) of chronic lung disease. He was 66 years old. Said the band in a statement: "We have extremely sad news to report. We've lost our friend and bandmate Allen Lanier. Allen succumbed to complicati...

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GRAVE: 'Venial Sin' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for the song "Venial Sin" from Swedish death metal veterans GRAVE can be seen below. The track comes off the band's new five-song EP, "Morbid Ascent", which will be released as a limited 12-inch MLP (with full-color, 180-gram vinyl and full-color inlay) as well as digital do...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: 'Out Of Time' Tops Radio Charts

"Out Of Time", the debut single from the new version of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS featuring LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington, reached the No. 1 position on both the Mediabase Active Rock and Mainstream Rock chart today. "We're really thankful to all the people listening to our music that made this happen,...

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Reunited DARK ANGEL Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XVII Festival

Classic late '80s /early '90s California thrashers DARK ANGEL will reunite for a number of shows next year, including an appearance at the Keep It True XVII festival, set to take place April 25-26, 2014 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The band's lineup for the reunion will inclu...

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SILENT RAGE Frontman JESSE DAMON To Release 'Temptation In The Garden Of Eve'

Southern California-based rock musician Jesse Damon, best known as the frontman for the popular melodic hard rock band SILENT RAGE, will release a new album called "Temptation In The Garden Of Eve" on September 27 via AOR Heaven/Metal Heaven. The CD will feature 11 brand new tracks laden with huge h...

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DORO PESCH Kicks Off 30th-Anniversary Celebration At WACKEN OPEN AIR

German metal queen Doro Pesch kicked off her 30th-aniversary celebration on Friday, August 2 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Joining Doro on stage at the event were Phil Campbell (MOTÖRHEAD),Biff Byford (SAXON),Eric Fish (SUBWAY TO SALLY),Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) and Chris...

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ANTHRAX Drummer Undergoes Surgery For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante is recovering from surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome. He writes on Twitter: "Surgeon fixed my hand, nothing broken, just carpal tunnel…behind my ANTHRAX drum kit soon, 9/13 in San Bernardino" ANTHRAX's current touring lineup includes SHADOWS FALL guitarist Jon Donais...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Guitarist Interviewed By Brazil's 'Wikimetal' (Audio)

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Gilbert of Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will play a special concert at the Keep It True XVII festival, set to take plac...