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DAVE LOMBARDO Says He Made Only $67,000 In 2011 While Touring With SLAYER
Ex-SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo says that he "did his best" to work things out with his former bandmates before being fired from the group early last year, claiming that most of the money SLAYER made on tour went to the band's managers and accountants and not the musicians themselves. Lombardo sat o...March 12, 2014
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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER Speaks To AndrewHaug.com (Audio)
On March 11, AndrewHaug.com, Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station launched by Andrew Haug, the former host of Triple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011),conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist and mainman Jo...March 12, 2014
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SKINNER: 'Sleepwalkers' Video Released
"Sleepwalkers", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area power-thrashers SKINNER, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Mike Sloat (TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD) and depicts a struggle between two consciences. The first is a dream world where the individual sleepwalks through life doing as they ar...March 11, 2014
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ICED EARTH's SCHAFFER, BLOCK Interviewed On Israel's 'Met Al Metal' (Audio)
"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH's Jon Schaffer (guitar) and Stu Block (vocals). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Plagues Of Babylon", the new album from ICED EARTH, sold ar...March 10, 2014
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HIRAX Singer KATON W. DE PENA Interviewed on 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)
HIRAX singer Katon W. De Pena was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. (Note: The Katon interview begins around the 57-minute mark.) HIRAX released its new album, "Immortal Legacy", on March 4 (February 24...March 10, 2014
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XENTRIX Performs New Song In Athens; Video Available
Reunited U.K. thrashers XENTRIX played a new song, "World Of Mouth", last night (Saturday, March 8) at the Up The Hammers Festival in Athens, Greece. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. XENTRIX played its first show in almost seven years on April 14, 2013 at the Moses Gate...March 9, 2014
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TESTAMENT, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Guitarists Interviewed By SOUNDWAVE TV (Video)
Heavy music presenter Christina Rowatt of Soundwave TV conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN axeman Ben Weinman during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now watch the chat below. TESTAMENT's recent tour of Australia was the ban...March 7, 2014
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GENE HOGLAN Interviewed By Germany's DRUMTALK (Video)
Drumtalk, the video podcast by German drummer and videographer Philipp Koch, conducted an interview with legendary extreme-metal drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DEATH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL, DETHKLOK) on June 16, 2013 in Bremen, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. In a 2010 intervie...March 7, 2014
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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA's HATRIOT Interviewed On 'In The Vault With Shanda Golden' (Video)
"In The Vault With Shanda Golden" (web site) recently conducted an interview with HATRIOT, the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band led by former EXODUS and LEGACY (pre-TESTAMENT) frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza. You can now watch the chat below. HATRIOT's sophomore album, "Dawn Of The New Centurio...March 7, 2014
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KATAKLYSM To Film Video For Cover Version Of SACRED REICH's 'The American Way'
Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based based death metallers KATAKLYSM have recruited Tommy Jones (TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL, EX DEO) to direct the video for the band's rendition of the SACRED REICH classic "The American Way" early next month in the New Jersey area. Jones previously also worked on KATAKLYSM's...March 4, 2014
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KIRK HAMMETT Says EXODUS' 'Bonded By Blood' Was 'Just As Good' As METALLICA's 'Kill 'Em All'
In the latest issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was asked if it's strange to him how much METALLICA has eclipsed the other "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal — SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — in terms of commercial popularity. "I try not to spend too much tim...March 3, 2014
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HIRAX: Entire 'Immortal Legacy' Album Available For Streaming
California thrashers HIRAX will release their new album, "Immortal Legacy", on March 4 (February 24 in Europe) via SPV/Steamhammer. It will be made available as a CD, gatefold colored LP and a digital download. "Immortal Legacy" can now be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below....March 3, 2014
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Swiss Extreme Metal Group SCHAMMASCH Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS
Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of the Basel, Switzerland-based extreme metal quartet SCHAMMASCH (aka Šamaš, the sun god from Akkadian / Babylonian mythology). The band's sophomore album, "Contradiction", will be released later in the year. The effort is described in a press release as...March 3, 2014
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Going to Hell
The RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS used to sing in their zany years that Catholic school girls rule. You needn't be a charter member of the Chester the Molester brigade to pull the sexual connotation from that song. THE PRETTY RECKLESS' Taylor Momsen is a one-time Catholic school girl and the cover of her ba...March 3, 2014
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Omnivore
Italian neo-thrashers OMNIVORE may not set the world afire with their bric-a-brac emulations of the past. However, the young band possess the smarts to assemble their nicked pieces like an homage instead of committing outright thievery, even with a cover of SEPULTURA's "Arise". Covers generally bein...March 3, 2014
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