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FIREWIND Guitarist Says Playing With OZZY OSBOURNE Was 'Something Truly Unbelievable'

FIREWIND guitarist Gus G., who is also the current axeman for OZZY OSBOURNE's solo band, has issued the following update: "Summer of 2009 is gone and we've [FIREWIND] just returned from the last festival show of the season! I must say that we had some really great shows this summer and Ilha do Ermal...

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TEAM CYBERGEIST: Touring Lineup Announced

TEAM CYBERGEIST, the industrial project founded by Angel (a.k.a. Andrew Bartolotta) — best known as the past/present drummer of such bands as DOPE, GENITORTURERS, PIG, CROSSBREED, SWITCHED, THE UNDEAD, and many others — has announced its lineup for the "Blackheart Revolution" tour with Florida-based...

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New OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist GUS G.: It's An 'Honor' To Step Into ZAKK WYLDE's Shoes

This month's issue of the Greek edition of Metal Hammer magazine features an exclusive interview with FIREWIND guitarist Gus G. about his current stint as the lead axeman in OZZY OSBOURNE's solo band. Gus explains how he came to be considered for the position, discusses his first audition with the P...

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FOZZY: New Song Available For Streaming; Album Artwork Unveiled

A brand new FOZZY song entitled "Martyr No More" is available for streaming in the YouTube clip below. The track, which features a special guest guitar solo by ANNIHILATOR's Jeff Waters, will appear on FOZZY's forthcoming album, "Chasing the Grail", due on January 19, 2010 via Australia's Riot! Ente...

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DESTRUCTION Taps EVILE Guitarist For Portugal's CAOS EMERGENTE Festival

Germany thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION have tapped EVILE guitarist Ol Drake as the temporary replacement for Mike Sifringer for their September 13 appearance at the Caos Emergente festival in Portugal. According to a posting on DESTRUCTION's web site, the middle finger on Sifringer's left hand wa...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Am No Longer The Easiest Boy To Hate In Heavy Metal'

Peter Hodgson of I Heart Guitar recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Heart Guitar: "Endgame" is really energetic and angry. Where did that come from? Mustaine: I don't really know what spurred this on other than just...

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BENNINGTON On DEAD BY SUNRISE: 'I Feel Like I've Created A Band With A New Sound'

Stepping outside of LINKIN PARK on "Out Of Ashes", the first album from singer Chester Bennington's new project, DEAD BY SUNRISE — Bennington, Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh, formerly of ORGY and current JULIEN-K members, Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony "FU" Valcic — Bennington gives fans a rev...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'Do Interviewers Not Know That I Am On To Them?'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "So yesterday I am doing an interview, the third in a day full of interviews, which I am so weary of, and their 'certain' questions, that it can turn the mood of an interview into complete sh*t with-in seconds. "I mean, do interviewers...

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GALACTIC COWBOYS Reunion Shows: Photos, Video Footage Available

GALACTIC COWBOYS, the Houston-based band that made a name for itself with its hard-hitting music and penchant for sarcastic humor, made its long-awaited return to the stage earlier this month with three shows in its native Texas. The three shows — in Dallas, Austin and Houston — reunited vocalist Be...

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FOZZY Guitarist Talks About Forthcoming Album

STUCK MOJO/FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward recently spoke to Metal As Fuck about the forthcoming FOZZY album, "Chasing the Grail", tentatively due in early 2010 via Australia's Riot! Entertainment. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the CD's title: "It's about the search for something we all ul...

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OPETH Frontman On 'The Single Most Embarrassing Show We've Done With This Lineup So Far'

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "Trainwreck! "Yes, what that headline means is basically 'code' for fucking up during a show, which is what happened to us yesterday at the Summer Breeze festival [in Dinkelsbühl, Germany]. "I...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH To Tour U.S. With SHADOWS FALL, OTEP, 2 CENTS

Los Angeles metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have announced the first leg of their U.S. headlining event, "The Shock And Raw Tour". SHADOWS FALL, OTEP, and 2 CENTS join the bill to make this one of the biggest heavy metal events this autumn. Tickets go on sale this weekend, August 14-16; check your...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist Says Tour Could Be Delayed Between Four Weeks And Two Months

AEROSMITH's Joe Perry gave an in-studio interview at WXRX-FM in Rockford, Illinois Friday morning (August 7) on his way back home to Boston. According to the Associated Press, the guitarist didn't say anything specific about singer Steven Tyler's condition or say where Tyler was following the frontm...

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MONSTER MAGNET Mainman Talks About Being Addicted To Prescription Drugs; Songwriting Process

I Heart Guitar recently conducted an interview with MONSTER MAGNET mainman Dave Wyndorf. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Heart Guitar: It's been a long time since you've toured Australia, and a while since you've put out an album. What prompted the forthcoming Oz tour? Wyndorf: It...

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MEGADETH Mainman To Undergo 'Very Quick And Painless' Surgery Tomorrow

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "When you love someone or something so much that it actually starts to hurt you, yet you continue to stay in a relationship, or in a circumstance, or in a situation where you start to do damage to yourself and others. "Well, I have been...