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SOULFLY: 'Archangel' Title Track Available For Streaming

The lyric video for the title track of SOULFLY's tenth studio album, "Archangel", can be seen below. Due on August 14 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the CD was produced by Matt Hyde, who has previously worked with SLAYER and CHILDREN OF BODOM. The cover artwork was created by artist Eliran Kantor...

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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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METALLICA At LOLLAPALOOZA: Performance Footage From Fans' POV On Stage

A select group of fans were brought on stage during METALLICA's August 1 performance at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois to add to the ambiance. Video footage of several songs from the show filmed from the fans' point on view on stage can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follow...

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ARMORED SAINT/Ex-ANTHRAX Singer JOHN BUSH Discusses His 'Lucrative' Business Away From Music (Video)

Jägermeister conducted an interview with former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush at this year's Bloodstock Open Air, which is being held August 6-9 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what he does away from ARMORED SAINT, Bus...

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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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How Greek Guitarist KOSTAS KARAMITROUDIS Became Known As GUS G.

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, was interviewed at Hungary's Fezen festival on July 29. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how he came up with his stage name Gus G. after ...

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BOBBY BLOTZER Slams JUAN CROUCIER For Using RATT Logo To Launch New Project

RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer has slammed the band's bassist, Juan Croucier, for using the RATT logo to promote his new project RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER. RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER, which features Croucier alongside Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE),Mike Moore and Toni Aleman, announced on Tuesday (August 4) that it...

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CHRIS CORNELL: Cover Artwork For New Solo Album 'Higher Truth'

Former AUDIOSLAVE and current SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell will release his new solo album, "Higher Truth", on September 18. The CD was produced by Brendan O’Brien (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PEARL JAM, NEIL YOUNG). The "Higher Truth" cover art has just been unveiled and can be seen below. Chris Cornell...

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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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AMORPHIS: Fifth 'Under The Red Cloud' Studio Webisode

The fifth in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Under The Red Cloud", the new album from Finnish masters of melancholic metal AMORPHIS, can be seen below. The CD will be released on September 4 via Nuclear Blast. States AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen: "T...

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METALLICA: Official Footage From LOLLAPALOOZA Festival

Fly-on-the-wall footage of METALLICA's August 1 performance at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois can be seen below. The 19-minute clip, which was shot by a MetOnTour reporter, includes guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Lars Ulrich in the meet-and-greet, pre-sho...

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CANDLEBOX Signs With PAVEMENT ENTERTAINMENT

CANDLEBOX has inked a deal with Pavement Entertainment. The band is currently writing and recording the follow-up to 2012's "Love Stories And Other Musings" album with producer Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland for an early 2016 release. "CANDLEBOX is excited about being part of the Pavement Enterta...

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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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KING DIAMOND Guitarist On 'Abigail': 'It's Still A Very Cool And Special Album To Me'

KING DIAMOND will perform its classic second album, 1987's concept effort "Abigail", in its entirety on the band's upcoming U.S. tour in the fall. Support on the trek, which will begin on October 29 and run through December 5, will come from legendary San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers EXODUS....

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SLAYER's GARY HOLT, PAUL BOSTAPH Weigh In On MAYHEM FESTIVAL Controversy (Video)

On July 31, Jay Nanda of San Antonio Metal Music Examiner and AXS.com conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt and drummer Paul Bostaph at the San Antonio, Texas stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. The 2015 Mayhem Festival genera...