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JASON NEWSTED Says 'Private And Personal Circumstances' Caused His Band To Pull Out Of SOUNDWAVE

NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — has confirmed that it will no longer be coming to Australia for the Soundwave festival, which begins tomorrow (Saturday, February 22) in Brisbane. Said Jason in a...

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ALTER BRIDGE Vocalist MYLES KENNEDY Recalls Singing With LED ZEPPELIN

According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE and Slash vocalist Myles Kennedy almost added a third gig to his resume in 2008, and it was a massive one — working with the instrumental members of LED ZEPPELIN on a new project that never saw the light of day. Kennedy rehearsed and wrote music with ...

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HALESTORM, COREY TAYLOR To Perform At RONNIE JAMES DIO Third Annual Awards Gala

An exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala will be held on March 17 at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. There will be a very limited amount of Dio fan tickets for $25 each, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Ronnie James ...

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DEMON HUNTER's RYAN CLARK Talks About New Song 'Artificial Light' (Video)

Part one of a video interview with vocalist Ryan Clark of Seattle-based Christian metallers DEMON HUNTER about the band's new song "Artificial Light" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Extremist", which will be released on March 18 via Solid State. "Extremist" tra...

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NEWSTED Pulls Out Of Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival?

Update: Australian touring mogul and Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has posted a message on Twitter saying that he is "trying to find NEWSTED and figure out what is going on.' He added: "The band's equipment just arrived in Brisbane so not sure what's up." He also wrote: "I can't get hold of any of [J...

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GODHEAD To Release 'The Shadow Realigned' In April

"The Shadow Realigned", a new collection from GODHEAD, will be released on April 29 via Warrior Records. The set features 14 remixes from 14 different producers that GODHEAD has come to be friends with and fans of over the coure of its career. GODHEAD singer and founder Jason C. Miller says, "I also...

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NEWSTED: '… As The Crow Flies' Video Released

"… As The Crow Flies", the new video from the new video from NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — can be seen below. The clip was filmed with director Leon Melas, who previously helmed NEWSTED's vide...

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KILL DEVIL HILL: 'Leave It All Behind' Video Released

"Leave It All Behind", the new video from KILL DEVIL HILL — the band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals —...

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DEMON HUNTER: Lyric Video For New Song 'Artificial Light'

The official lyric video for "Artificial Light", a brand new song from Seattle-based Christian metallers DEMON HUNTER, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Extremist", which will be released on March 18 via Solid State. "Extremist" tracklisting: 01. Death 02. Artifi...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Speaks To METAL INJECTION (Video)

Metal Injection recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. You can now watch the chat below. Friedman's new solo album, "Inferno", will be released in May via Prosthetic Records. The CD will contain several collaborations with players influenced by Friedman, inclu...

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MEGADETH Pulls Out Of SOUNDWAVE Festival After DAVE MUSTAINE Fails To Get Apology From Promoter

MEGADETH has canceled its previously announced Australian tour dates after the promoter allegedly erroneously blamed the band for removing former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted's new project, simply called NEWSTED, from the billing of MEGADETH's "off" dates during this year's Soundwave festival. A...

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JASON NEWSTED, WILLIAM DUVALL Discuss What It's Like To Replace Hugely Influential Departed Musicians

Backstage at last year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards event in London, England, Invade TV bumped into William DuVall (ALICE IN CHAINS) and Jason Newsted (NEWSTED, METALLICA, VOIVOD, ECHOBRAIN). An interesting conversation developed, giving some insight into what it's like to come into a band that...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Interviewed By DANGEROUS GUITAR At NAMM (Video)

Dave Reffett of Dangerous Guitar conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which took place January 23-26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. Friedman...

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SAIGON KICK's JASON BIELER Guests On 'Hangar 19' Podcast (Audio)

Cutter of Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist Jason Bieler of the reunited acclaimed 1990s rock band SAIGON KICK. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. SAIGON KICK parted ways with bassist Tom DeFile last year. According...

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BUTCHER BABIES Interviewed By HEAVY METAL ICU (Video)

Heavy Metal ICU recently conducted an interview with frontwomen Carla Harvey and Heidi Shepherd of the BUTCHER BABIES. You can now watch the chat below. BUTCHER BABIES' debut album, "Goliath", sold around 3,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 107 on T...