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SLAYER's KERRY KING Says He Already Has Title For Next Album

The German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine has posted a video interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. During the chat, King reveals that he already has a title for the band's next record and as many as seven songtitles, although he has yet to write the music for any of them. He ...

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NIGHTSHADE Parts Ways With Keyboardist, Bassist; Replacements Announced

NIGHTSHADE, the new project featuring former USURPER guitarist Rick Scythe, has parted ways with Dan Yell (keyboards, organ) and Naught Norty (bass) and has replaced them with Donna and Dan Geist, respectively. According to the band, "Dan Geist is a local bass player who has been supporting the Chic...

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ROBERT TRUJILLO: 'With METALLICA, There's No Shortage Of Creative Energy Or Ideas'

Keith Spera of The Times-Picayune recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Times-Picayune: One of my favorite scenes in "Some Kind of Monster" is when you're offered the METALLICA job and drummer Lars Ulrich casually...

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10 YEARS Performs Acoustically On Santa Rosa's 101.7 THE FOX; Video Available

On Friday, November 14, Knoxville, Tennessee's 10 YEARS performed acoustically inside the "Less Is More" lounge live from the Grand Ballroom in San Francisco on the Santa Rosa, California radio station 101.7 The Fox. Watch the performance in two parts below. 10 YEARS's sophomore effort, "Division",...

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TROUBLE Planning Summer Release For New Album

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE are in the process of writing songs for a new album for a tentative summer 2009 release. Tours will follow both in Europe and the U.S. In other news, Trouble Inc. has opened a second store called the Metal Playground which will offer merchandise and music from som...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Tom Araya of the California thrash metal veterans SLAYER prior to the band's November 16, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 24-minute chat below. During the interview, Araya was asked if he has heard METALLICA...

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BLACK SABBATH Tribute Band Featuring Ex-SABBATH/GREAT WHITE Bassist DAVE SPITZ

WAR PIGS, the new Florida-based BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring bassist Dave "The Beast" Spitz (BLACK SABBATH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, LITA FORD, WHITE LION, GREAT WHITE) will make its live debut on November 29 at Area 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with metal demons 1000 POUNDS OF THRUST. WAR PIGS fea...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'I Do Hear A Bit Of Clipping' On 'Death Magnetic'

Paul Friswold of the Riverfront Times recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the criticism that METALLICA's new album, "Death Magentic", is over-compressed: The music lacks dynamic range, and is marred further by har...

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APRIL DIVINE: Two New Songs Posted Online

Swedish alternative rock outfit APRIL DIVINE has posted two tracks from its upcoming album at www.aprildivine.com. The as-yet-untitled CD was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia with American producer Rick Beato (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, DARK NEW DAY, SHINEDOWN, SEVENDUST, VINCE NEIL, SUBMERSED) and is sch...

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MAYHEM, GODLESS RISING, STEEL PROPHET Singers To Guest On TOBY KNAPP's New Solo CD

Former ONWARD guitarist Toby Knapp has revealed a list of singers that will guest on his upcoming solo album, which he plans to begin recording before the end of 2009. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to this year's "Misanthropy Divine" will feature contributions from the following vocalists: * Attila...

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EXODUS Guitarist Slams 'Death Magnetic' Production

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt is featured in the latest installment of the "Call & Response" section in Decibel magazine in which a member of a noted extreme band reviews songs from other metal artists as well as those reaching far beyond the metal world. On the subject of METALLICA's "My Apocalyps...

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SLAYER: Free Chapter From 'Reign in Blood' Book Available

Continuum Books is offering a free sample chapter from "33 1/3: Reign in Blood", the first English-language book about SLAYER. In the book, author D.X. Ferris takes a documentary approach to the record and its impact. It explores the album's creation based on interviews with it creators, including t...

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'Get Thrashed' Filmmakers Interviewed By Woozyfly; Video 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 — recently sat down with Woozyfly.com's Buckshot for...

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'Get Thrashed' Director Interviewed In London; Video Available

A nine-minute interview with Rick Ernst — director 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 — conducted by Twang of Total Rock radio in London shortly after the film's w...

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WHIPLASH: '25 Years Of Thrash' DVD Details Revealed

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH will release a 25th-anniversary DVD in late 2009 entitled "25 Years Of Thrash". According to the group, the disc will feature "true stories that cover the band's history with Roadrunner Records and beyond, 1985-1990, 'Power And Pain', 'Ticket To Mayhem', 'In...