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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Set Release Date For New Album

Venice, California crossover thrash/hardcore punk legends SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have set a September 30 release date for their as-yet-untitled new album. The follow-up to 2013's "13" disc will be the band's first to feature former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo and guitarist Jeff Pogan, who replaced Nic...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says MEGADETH Benefit Concert For NICK MENZA's Family May Not Happen

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has revealed that a previously mooted Nick Menza tribute concert featuring past and present members of MEGADETH is now unlikely to happen. Less than 24 hours after the former MEGADETH drummer died on May 21, Mustaine said that he had already started talks to perform a...

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Ex-MEGADETH Drummer SHAWN DROVER On NICK MENZA's Death: 'It's Tragic'

The Entertainment Outlet recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE drummer Shawn Drover. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his "side-by-side" jam with ex-MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza in January at...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Drops $1.5 Million From Asking Price Of California Estate

According to Zillow, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine has dropped almost a million and a half dollars from the asking price of his Fallbrook, California estate. Mustaine put his house on the market last October for $5.375 million — more than five times what he paid for it three years earlier — before r...

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SOILWORK Singer Wasn't Shocked When Drummer DIRK VERBEUREN Was Recruited By MEGADETH

On June 11, Kaaos TV conducted an interview with vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and guitarist David Andersson of Swedish metallers SOILWORK at the South Park festival in Tampere, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how SOILWORK d...

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MEGADETH Will Make A Decision 'Real Soon' About Drummer Situation Going Forward

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was interviewed by Kerrang! Radio at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held June 10-12 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how everything is going in the MEGADETH camp almost six months afte...

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AMON AMARTH's JOHAN HEGG Dismisses 'Sellout' Accusations

Vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH was interviewed by Kerrang! magazine at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held June 10-12 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed b...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE, ELLEFSON Answer Fan-Submitted Questions Via Periscope (Video)

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson answered a number of fan-submitted questions via Periscope earlier today (Tuesday, June 14). You can now watch the session below. MEGADETH played its first show with drummer Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK) on May 20 at the Rock On The Range festiva...

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SOILWORK: 'Death Resonance' Cover Art, Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metallers SOILWORK will release a special collection of rarities titled "Death Resonance" on August 19 via Nuclear Blast. The cover art was created by MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (VOLBEAT, CARCASS, SCAR SYMMETRY, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) and can be seen below. Commented SOILWORK sing...

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Video: NIKKI SIXX Joins MEGADETH On Stage At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx joined MEGADETH on stage this past Saturday, June 11 at the U.K.'s Download festival to perform a cover version of the SEX PISTOLS classic "Anarchy In The U.K." According to EonMusic, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine introduced Sixx to the stage by recallin...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Cried Onstage After Dedicating Song To Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA

MEGADETH members Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson were interviewed by Kerrang! magazine at this year's edition of the Download festival, which is being held June 10-12 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about last month's tragic passing of fo...

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BRUCE DICKINSON's Son Pays Tribute To LEMMY (Video)

Austin Dickinson, vocalist of the London five-piece AS LIONS and son of IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, was interviewed by Ticketmaster UK at this year's edition of the Download festival, which is being held June 10-12 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the ch...

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MIKE MUIR Says DAVE LOMBARDO Adds 'An Intensity' To SUICIDAL TENDENCIES' Sound

John The Ninja recently conducted an interview with SUICIDAL TENDENCIES frontman Mike Muir. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo being part of the current SUICIDAL TENDENCIES touring lineup: Muir:...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Didn't 'Allow' KING DIAMOND To Perform With VOLBEAT, Claims HANK SHERMANN

Legendary MERCYFUL FATE axeman Hank Shermann, who played guitar for VOLBEAT on the latter band's 2012 U.S. tour, says that MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine did not allow King Diamond to perform with VOLBEAT during that year's Gigantour. When the MEGADETH-headlined Gigantour hit King's adopted hometown...

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DESPISED ICON Releases 'The Aftermath' Video

"The Aftermath", the new Matt Charland-directed video from the Montreal-based deathcore act DESPISED ICON, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Beast", which will be released on July 22. The CD was produced and engineered by former guitarist Yannick St-Amand (BENEATH THE...