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FLO MOUNIER, DEREK RODDY, SEAN REINERT, MARCO MINNEMANN Confirmed For 'Sick Drummer Camp'

Sick Drummer Magazine's second five-day Sick Drummer Camp will be held the third week of August in Northern California, about an hour north of San Fransisco on a five-acre private retreat. This retreat is amazing and offers seclusion, various class/performance spaces, lounge areas, hot tubs, an ingr...

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AMON: New Album Finally Arrives

"Liar In Wait", the long-awaited new album from AMON — the resurrected Florida-based death metal band featuring former DEICIDE members Eric Hoffmann (guitar) and Brian Hoffman (guitar) alongside Jesse "Jecheal" Jolly (PROMETHEAN HORDE, DIABOLIC, SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, AFTER DE...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Recalls When He Smoked A 'Sweet Leaf' With TONY IOMMI

To celebrate the arrival of Metal Hammer's immense 172-page BLACK SABBATH tribute, the magazine asked TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson to name his favorite BLACK SABBATH tracks. "BLACK SABBATH are one of my favorite bands of all time," he said. "It's so hard to pick a favorite track… I guess 'Into...

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SEVENDUST, ALTER BRIDGE Side Project PROJECTED Completes Work On Debut Album

PROJECTED, the new project featuring SEVENDUST members John Connolly (guitar) and Vince Hornsby (bass) alongside ALTER BRIDGE/CREED drummer Scott Phillips and guitarist/vocalist Eric "Erock" Friedman (a.k.a. Erock; TREMONTI),has completed work on its debut album, "Human", to be released later in th...

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ZAKK WYLDE Talks 'Bringing Metal To The Children' Book (Video)

Zakk Wylde, guitar legend and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman, recently spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about his handbook to all things heavy metal — "Bringing Metal To The Children" — which was released on April 10 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Check out the footage belo...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Has 'Eight Songs Done In Pre-Production' For Next Album

According to a new video message from drummer Kelly David Smith of long-running Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, the band has "about eight songs [for the next album] done in pre-production." The group is hoping to complete all tracks by the middle of the summer for a tentative late 2012/early 2...

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MANOWAR: 'The Lord Of Steel' Physical Release Date Announced

MANOWAR's new studio album, "The Lord Of Steel", will be released in retail stores from September 7 (dates may vary from territory to territory). The CD will already be available for worldwide shipping from The Kingdom Of Steel from July 27 and in the special limited "Steel Edition" of U.K.'s Metal...

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AUTOPSY: 'Born Undead' DVD Trailer Available

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area gore grind act AUTOPSY will release a new DVD, "Born Undead", on June 5 in the U.S. via Peaceville Records (May 28 in Europe). The "Born Undead" DVD charts AUTOPSY's birth, death and rebirth with an extensive documentary conducted with the bandmembers themselves, as...

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CANCER BATS Frontman Interviewed On 'Scary Terry's Saturday Nightmare' (Audio)

Vocalist Liam Cormier of Canadian metallers CANCER BATS recently answered 13 questions for the "Scary Terry's Saturday Nightmare" show on the Rock 94.7 radio station in Wausau, Wisconsin. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Part 1: ...

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HUNTRESS Frontwoman Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Thunder' (Audio)

DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio's "Heavy Metal Thunder" show recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jill Janus of Los Angeles-based metallers HUNTRESS. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio):

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Drummer JEFF 'OLY' OLSON Quits THE SKULL, Says He Will Wait For 'Real TROUBLE Reunion'

Drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson has quit THE SKULL, the band he formed with fellow original member of Chicago doom legends TROUBLE, vocalist Eric Wagner, and the band's longtime bassist, Ron Holzner. Jeff says in a statement, "Upon much thought, and effective immediately, I will not be participating with T...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Answers Fan-Submitted Questions (Video)

Earlier this month, guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT answered a number of questions that were submitted via the Nuclear Blast Europe Facebook page. The 15-minute question-and-answer session, which was conducted by Nuclear Blast's Patrick Walch on May 11, can be s...

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SHINEDOWN Bassist Interviewed On 103.9 THE X (Video)

103.9 The X (WXEG),the Active Rock-formatted radio station based in Dayton, Ohio, conducted an interview with bassist Eric Bass of the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which was held May 18-20 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Col...

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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT To Take Part In Music-Making World-Record Attempt

"Rock The Rhythm, Beat The Odds" is set to gather nearly 10,000 students and community members in a collaborative, music-making world-record attempt today (Friday, May 18). Mickey Hart of THE GRATEFUL DEAD will lead the gathering's drum session in support of music education at COC-Valencia's Cougar...

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KISS Guitarist, Drummer Talk 'Monster' Album At Indianapolis Fan Expo; Video Available

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer were the special guests at the 2012 Indianapolis KISS Fan Expo, which took place this past Saturday, May 12 at the Marriott East hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. This marked Tommy's first official appearance as a guest at a KISS Expo and his only KI...