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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On MAYHEM FESTIVAL: Our Production Has Been Bigger Than We've Ever Done Before

A two-minute video clip of SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya talking about the band's participation in this year's edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival can be seen below. "Our production has been bigger than we've ever done in any SLAYER tour," he said. "The last few times that we've...

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Video: IMMORTAL Frontman's ABBATH Performs At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of ABBATH, the new band led by IMMORTAL frontman Olve Eikemo (a.k.a. Abbath),performing on August 8 at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. ABBATH made its live debut in June at the Tuska open-air metal festival in Helsinki, Finland. Ab...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Says MAYHEM FESTIVAL Attendance Was 'About What We Would Draw If We Were Doing Our Own Tour'

SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya has dismissed the suggestion that the band was playing to a smaller audience than usual as the headliner of this year's edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. "We have a fanbase of about five or six thousand at every place we play, so the crowd that w...

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FOREIGNER Announces 'Hits Unplugged and Live' Charity Album For 2016

FOREIGNER — Mick Jones (lead guitar),Kelly Hansen (lead vocals),Jeff Pilson (bass, vocals),Michael Bluestein (keyboards),Tom Gimbel (rhythm guitar, sax, vocals),Bruce Watson (guitar) and Chris Frazier (drums) — is universally hailed as one of the world's most popular rock acts with a formidable...

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Video: How GARY HOLT Ended Up Playing In SLAYER

A nine-minute video clip in which the members of SLAYER discuss the decision to recruit guitarist Gary Holt (EXODUS) to play on the band's eleventh album, "Repentless", following the passing of Jeff Hanneman in 2013 can be seen below. In a recent interview with OC Weekly, SLAYER's Kerry King was ask...

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SLAYER Profiled As Part Of The Smithsonian Institute's 'Places Of Musical Innovation' Exhibit

The Smithsonian Institute's National Museum Of History has just posted a profile of SLAYER and the "Origins Of Thrash" as part of its "Places Of Musical Innovation" exhibit. Check it out below. Asked if the thrash acts shared any fans with glam bands in the '80s, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King told LA...

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CHRIS CORNELL 'Would Always Be Open' To Playing With His Ex-AUDIOSLAVE Bandmates Again

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell says that he "would always be open" to working with his former AUDIOSLAVE bandmates again. AUDIOSLAVE featured Cornell alongside RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. The band's albums were a 2002 self-titled de...

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MILEY CYRUS Joins STEEL PANTHER On Stage For DEF LEPPARD Cover (Video)

Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER were joined by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and his pop-superstar daughter Miley Cyrus on stage last night (Monday, August 3) at at the historic House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California to perform a cover version of DEF LEPPARD's "Pour Some Sugar...

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LEMMY, TOM ARAYA Join Cast Of 'Gutterdämmerung', Loudest Silent Movie On Earth

Hot on the heels of the announcement of Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins and Jesse Hughes comes the next round of stars for the forthcoming epic loud and dark fairytale "Gutterdämmerung". First up to face the hounds of hell is Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as the legendary MOTÖRHEAD frontma...

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AEROSMITH Joined By BRAD WHITFORD's Son At Las Vegas Concert (Video)

AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford's guitar-playing son Graham joined the band on stage this past Saturday, August 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform the song "Last Child". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Graham plays guitar in TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAK...

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TERROR: 'Mind At War' Video Released

TERROR has released the music video for the song "Mind At War", giving another peek into the band's new album, "The 25th Hour". Frontman Scott Vogel says of the track: "When Nick [Jett, drummer] first showed me this song, I immediately thought it had a D.R.I. 'Four Of A Kind' crossover feel to it, w...

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Video: ANTHRAX Joined By PUBLIC ENEMY's CHUCK D For 'Bring The Noise' At House Blues In Hollywood

Chuck D of PUBLIC ENEMY joined ANTHRAX on stage last night (Wednesday, July 29) at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California to perform "Bring The Noise", the song ANTHRAX and PUBLIC ENEMY recorded together in 1991. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Asked in a 2013...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA 'Was Apprehensive' About How 'Repentless' Album 'Was Going To Come Together'

In a brand new interview with Noisey, SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya spoke about the songwriting process for the band's new album, "Repentless", without the contributions of SLAYER's co-founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died in 2013. "We started this process, like, four years ago [before Jeff...

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STEEL PANTHER To Headline Last Concert Ever At House Of Blues On Sunset Strip

Los Angeles glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER will be the last band ever to perform at the historic House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California before it's demolished. The band will play itts greatest hits — including "Community Property", "Glory Hole" and "Asian Hooker" — and will be joined on st...

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Video: TOM KEIFER And Wife Perform CINDERELLA's 'Don't Know What You Got' At Lycoming County Fair

Fan-filmed video footage of CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer and his wife, Nashville singer-songwriter Savannah Snow, performing the CINDERELLA classic "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" on July 24 at the Lycoming County Fair in Hughesville, Pennsylvania can be seen below (footage filmed and u...