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Reactivated WHIPLASH Working On New Studio Album

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH are in the final stages of recording their long-awaited new CD, "Pitbulls In The Playground", due in early 2009 followed by a summer tour. Guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro reunites with drummer Joe Cangelosi once again after 19 years for their latest studio e...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers To Guest On WXRX 104.9 FM's 'Stone & Double T'

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will guest on the "Stone & Double T" show (host...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Breaks Silence On 'Death Magnetic' Sound Quality Controversy

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has commented on the fan-generated controversy over the audio quality of the group's new album, "Death Magnetic". Several articles from both the mainstream press and recording industry web sites have discussed the album in context of the so-called "Loudness Wars," a ter...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — were the featured guests on this past Saturday's (S...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers To Guest On Tonight's 'Maximum Threshold'

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show tonight...

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METALLICA's ULRICH On 'Death Magnetic': 'Everybody Who's Heard The Album Says It Sounds Great'

iafrica.com has posted a lengthy interview with the four members of METALLICA about the group's new album, "Death Magnetic". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Q: Now that "Death Magnetic" is completed, how do you feel about the album? Lars Ulrich: "My head is still kind of spinning about the w...

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METALLICA Manager: 'Death Magnetic' Sound Complainers Are A Tiny Minority

Ethan Smith of the Wall Street Journal reports that some fans are complaining that METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", has a thin, brittle sound that's the result of the band's attempts in the studio to make it as loud as possible. "Sonically it is barely listenable," reads one fan's online cri...

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OVERKILL, METAL CHURCH To Team Up For European Tour

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will embark on the Immortalis European Tour 2009 in February. Support on the trek will come from METAL CHURCH and TORTURE SQUAD. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 20 - UK London Underworld Feb. 21 - NL Uden De Pul Feb. 22 - NL Enschede Atak Feb. 23 - GER ...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT Talks About KURT COBAIN; Video Available

SPIN.com has posted exclusive video clip from "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" of METALLICA's Kirk Hammett talking about how NIRVANA's Kurt Cobain was a METALLICA fan when they first met. This footage didn't make it on to the DVD, but you can view the clip on SPIN.com. "Get Thrashed: The St...

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TROUBLE To Resume Writing New Album This Week

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE announced at last night's (Sunday, September 21) concert at the Bottom Lounge in the band's hometown that they will resume work on writing a new record sometime this week. In a recent interview with Rock N Roll Experience, TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell was asked...

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SLIPKNOT Members On Working With Producer RICK RUBIN

Revolver magazine recently spoke to the members of SLIPKNOT about their experience of working with legendary producer Rick Rubin (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SLAYER, AUDIOSLAVE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, METALLICA) on the band's 2004 album, "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)". Shawn Crahan (percussion): "'Vol. 3' w...

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DEFTONES: Performance Footage Of New Song Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of DEFTONES performing a brand new song, tentatively titled "Melanie", this past Thursday night (September 18) at Spaceland in Silverlake, California can be viewed below. In his review of the show, Rick Florino of ARTISTdirect says of the track, "the evening's one new song p...

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Listen To 'Death Magnetic' Using METALLICA-Branded Skullcandy Headphones

Skullcandy, a developer of core audio products, has partnered with METALLICA for the band's ninth studio album, "Death Magnetic", which was released on Friday, September 12. The first collaboration of its kind, the partnership introduces METALLICA-branded Skullcandy headphones, Metallica Hesh and Me...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers Schedule More Radio Appearances

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will guest on this Monday's (September 22) edition...

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JAMES HETFIELD: 'It's Impossible To Completely Regain Your Innocence Or Virginity'

Brad Tolinski of Guitar World magazine recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Death Magnetic"'s lyrics: "The theme of our new album is that we're all gonna die sometime. Just like the poles of a magnet, s...