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ANTISEEN Guitarist JOE YOUNG Dead At 54

Joe Young, the guitarist and founding member of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based punk-rock band ANTISEEN, died on April 30 at the age of 54. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Formed in 1983, ANTISEEN — which derived its name from a distortion of the phrase "anti-scene" — backed up no...

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Former TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN: 'It Sucks To Be Poor And Famous'

Former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian says that never got anything beyond a "day rate" during his lengthy tenure with the band and his salary "never went up once in 8 1/2 years" while he "watched everything else get bigger and grander every step of the way." While thanking his Facebook friends for...

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SUICIDE SILENCE: 'You Can't Stop Me' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE will release "You Can't Stop Me", their first album to feature new vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida (ex-ALL SHALL PERISH) and their first since the tragic loss of singer Mitch Lucker, on July 11 in Europe (except in the U.K., where it will arrive on July 1...

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GEOFF TATE Announces 'Queensrÿche Starring Geoff Tate - The Farewell Tour'

More than thirty years after setting forth on the musical journey that would become known as QUEENSRŸCHE, singer Geoff Tate — one of rock's quintessential front men and the lead vocalist heard on all QUEENSRŸCHE hits — will be performing his farewell tour as QUEENSRŸCHE beginning in late July. The a...

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Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN: There Are No 'Bros' In TESTAMENT

Former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, who turned 48 years old today (Tuesday, April 29),has posted the following message on his personal Facebook page: "Thank you so much for the birthday wishes. "Lately, it's been all too easy to forget how many people's lives I've actually 'touched.' "The last...

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MAX CAVALERA Speaks To APOCH'S METAL REVIEW About KILLER BE KILLED (Audio)

Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, ex-SEPULTURA) recently spoke to Apoch's Metal Review about KILLER BE KILLED, the new band comprised of Cavalera, Greg Puciato (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN),Troy Sanders (MASTODON) and Dave Elitch (ex-THE MARS VOLTA). You can now listen to the chat below. KILLER BE KILLED will r...

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EXODUS Singer ROB DUKES Says Next Album Will Be 'Very Fast' And Will Have 'More Of A Punk Rock Feel'

Veteran San Francisco thrashers EXODUS recently entered a studio in Northern California with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) to record their tenth studio album. Speaking to Brian Aberback of Patch.com, EXODUS frontman Rob Dukes stated about the band's upcomin...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Talks Songwriting

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Songfacts: How do you write your best songs? Joe Elliott: To be quite honest, songs percolate in your head first, and normally when you're too far away from an instrum...

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SLAYER Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Last night at the Revolver Golden Gods awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, SLAYER surprised the capacity crowd with an unannounced performance, kicking off the show with a three-song set that included the global premiere of "Implode", the band's first new studio recording in five years....

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Former CRO-MAGS Bassist HARLEY FLANAGAN Continuing Work On New Album

Former CRO-MAGS bass player and one-time frontman Harley Flanagan is in the process of recording his newest LP, to be released later this year on Southern Lord. With his musical roots tracing back to the beginning of the 1980s, Flanagan was involved in New York City punk act THE STIMULATORS before e...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Says Songwriting Is 'Like Putting A Puzzle Together And Never Really Knowing What Comes Out At The End'

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Michael Schenker. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: How do you find that you write your best songs? Michael: I just do it the same way over and over. I love to play. I play and discover on ...

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PARADISE LOST Guitarist's VALLENFYRE: New Song 'Odious Bliss' Available For Streaming

VALLENFYRE, the U.K. death metal band featuring Gregor Mackintosh, songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST, alongside members of MY DYING BRIDE, AT THE GATES and DOOM, will release its second full-length album, "Splinters", on May 12 in Europe and on May 13 in North America via Century Media Recor...

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HELLYEAH: Video Footage Of New Lineup's First Show

Video footage of HELLYEAH performing the song "Drink Drank Drunk" at The Patio in Abilene, Texas on April 5 during the kick-off show of the band's current tour can be seen below. As previously reported, HELLYEAH has recruited Christian Brady as its new touring guitarist following the recent departur...

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HELLYEAH Taps Former MAGNA-FI And FRANKY PEREZ & THE TRUTH Guitarist CHRISTIAN BRADY

HELLYEAH has recruited Christian Brady as its new touring guitarist following the recent departure of Greg Tribbett (MUDVAYNE). A former member of MAGNA-FI and FRANKY PEREZ & THE TRUTH, Brady met HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott in Las Vegas, where Christian has been living and playing in ban...

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City of Dust

Tucson, Arizona's GODHUNTER have a few complaints to get off their backs and they have a largely slow-dealing vehicle to make sure their listeners are getting the message. The country is fucked and so are you. Sounds like the preamble to hundreds of other metal and punk albums, yet GODHUNTER's sludg...