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SLAYER Announces Short U.S. Tour With SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, EXODUS

SLAYER will take a break from writing and recording their next album to hit the road on May 9 for a handful of dates intended to pummel devotees with a night of moshing and frenetic thrash-punk-metal. Joining SLAYER as special guests for these shows are SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and EXODUS, marking the fi...

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Video: STONE SOUR Performs Cover Of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Heading Out To The Highway' In Baltimore

Fan-filmed video footage of STONE SOUR performing a cover version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Heading Out To The Highway" on January 17 in Baltimore, Maryland can be seen below. As previously reported, STONE SOUR guitarist Jim Root has chosen to sit out the band's current North American tour so tha...

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TESTAMENT Working On New Material

According to a new tweet from TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, he is currently "holed up" in a San Francisco Bay Area motel with fellow TESTAMENT axeman Eric Peterson and their guitars and mini-amps writing tunes for the band's next studio album. Skolnick says: "[We have] great ideas so far!" TEST...

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OVERKILL's BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH To Begin Laying Down Vocals On New Album Early Next Month

Singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will enter the studio the first week of February to begin laying down the vocals on the band's new album. The CD is being tracked at Gear Recording and will be mixed by Greg Reely, who also worked on 2012's "The Electric Age...

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LAKE OF TEARS: 'Taste Of Hell' Performance Clip From 'By The Black Sea' DVD

Swedish dark rock/metal pioneers LAKE OF TEARS finally fulfill the wish of many fans and release their first-ever live album on January 31. "By The Black Sea" includes a full concert with 16 songs recorded last year in Bucharest, Romania and will be available as DVD/CD set. Bonus material on the DVD...

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LOCRIAN: 'A Visitation From The Wrath Of Heaven' Video Released

"A Visitation From The Wrath Of Heaven", the new video from the experimental, dark ambient/noise trio LOCRIAN, can be seen below. The eerie clip for the eight-and-a-half-minute-long track was directed by J.P Bradburn. Terrence Hannum (keyboards/vocals) commented: "John Bradburn has crafted a nightma...

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SUICIDE SILENCE: 'Unanswered' Performance Clip Featuring PHIL BOZEMAN

On December 21, 2012, the metal community came together in an amazing way to celebrate the life of SUICIDE SILENCE singer Mitch Lucker and raise money for his daughter's future education (with an unforgettable evening of collaborative performances between past/present SUICIDE SILENCE members and eli...

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Former TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN Will Have 'A Musical Announcement' Soon

Bassist Greg Christian has spoken out about his future plans following his surprise departure from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT. TESTAMENT announced earlier today (Monday, January 13) that it was parting ways with Christian and replacing him with Steve DiGiorgio. Steve was previou...

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DEVILDRIVER's FAFARA: 'I Have Books Of Lyrics That Will Probably Never Make It To Music'

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Californian metallers DEVILDRIVER. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: If you want to start off by talking about the new album, "Winter Kills"... Dez Fafara: Well, we started a little bit at home be...

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TESTAMENT Parts Ways With Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN, Announces Return Of STEVE DIGIORGIO

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT have released the following statement: "It is with much respect that we announce our mutual parting with bassist Greg Christian. Metal fretless bass pioneer Steve DiGiorgio will be returning to TESTAMENT. "Steve previously was a member of TESTAMENT on...

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LACUNA COIL Announces 'Broken Crown Halo' Album, 'Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock' Tour

Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL will release their new studio album, "Broken Crown Halo", in North America on April 1 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded Italy by producer Jay Baumgardner (P.O.D., SEVENDUST, EVANESCENCE, PAPA ROACH) and engineer Kyle Ho...

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From the MR. BUNGLE school of weird comes British maverick Ginger Wildheart, best known for his time in THE QUIREBOYS, THE WILDHEARTS and HEY! HELLO! as well as riding shotgun with HANOI ROCKS singer Michal Monroe. Wildheart has issued the caveat that his exploratory noise metal project MUTATION is...

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Giveaway: Enter For Chance To Win AMON AMARTH 'Deceiver Of The Gods' Concert Tickets

Thanks to our friends at Live Nation and Metal Blade, fans can enter to win a pair of tickets to one of the shows on AMON AMARTH's upcoming "Deceiver Of The Gods" North American tour by entering here. Rules and restrictions apply and can be found on the contest page. AMON AMARTH will ...

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ZAKK WYLDE Says BLACK SABBATH With RONNIE JAMES DIO Is 'Not BLACK SABBATH'

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: I think a band that never gets the credit is the original KISS lineup, which wrote some really great songs as well. Zakk: I was ne...

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Former And Current Members Of WHITESNAKE, ANTHRAX, OBITUARY To Take Part In 'NAMM Metal Jam'

Current and former members of WHITESNAKE, ANGRA, ANTHRAX, OBITUARY, SCAR SYMMETRY, CHASTAIN and EXCITER are among the musicians who will take part in this year's NAMM Metal Jam, set to take place Wednesday, January 22 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. Michael Angelo Batio will co-...