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ANTHRAX, ARMORED SAINT Members To Perform At JASON BECKER Benefit Concert

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and his wife, Pearl Aday, along with ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera, will perform at a benefit for Jason Becker and ALS research on Thursday, September 19 at Bimbo's in San Francisco, California. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit Ticketfl...

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JASON NEWSTED: Fronting A Band Is 'A Little Bit Scary And It's Also Really Fun'

Troy Culpan of May The Rock Be With You recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. May The Rock Be With You: So why was now the right time to unleash NEWSTED...

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DOC COYLE Quits GOD FORBID

Guitarist/vocalist Doc Coyle of New Brunswick, New Jersey's melodic, thrash-metal warriors GOD FORBID has posted the following message on his official blog: "I am sorry to say that I am indeed leaving GOD FORBID. "I started playing with these guys since I was 16 years old. Now I'm 32. You do the mat...

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FIREWIND Touring Singer KELLY SUNDOWN CARPENTER Interviewed By BLOODSTOCK RADIO (Video)

Bloodstock Radio conducted an interview with FIREWIND touring singer Kelly Sundown Carpenter at the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 8-11 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. FIREWIND celebrated its 10th anniversary by releasing a live albu...

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Video: NEWSTED Performs MOTÖRHEAD, METALLICA Classics At HEAVY MTL Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — performing this past Saturday (August 10) at the Heavy MTL festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below...

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EXODUS Singer's GENERATION KILL Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

GENERATION KILL, the band featuring EXODUS frontman Rob Dukes, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group's sophomore album is tentatively due in November. The CD was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL THAT REMAINS, SHADOWS FALL and SOUL...

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JASON NEWSTED Interviewed By SIN CITY ANIMAL (Audio)

Trev "Sin City Animal" McKendry of Metal Nation Radio conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted at this past weekend's Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the widget...

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TOXIK Taps Former DEATH/OBITUARY Guitarist RALPH SANTOLLA

Resurrected cult classic progressive thrashers TOXIK have recruited Ralph Santolla (ex-DEATH, OBITUARY, DEICIDE) as their new second guitarist. Josh Christian, TOXIK's founding member and lead guitarist, comments on Ralph's addition to the group: "Ralph was the first choice. I had talked to other fr...

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MASTODON's TROY SANDERS Interviewed By SLAVES ON DOPE Singer (Video)

Jason Rockman, SLAVES ON DOPE singer and on-air announcer/host of "Amped With The Rockman" on the Montreal, Quebec, Canada radio station CHOM 97 7, conducted an interview with singer and bassist Troy Sanders of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON at this past weekend's Heavy MTL festival in Montr...

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NEWSTED's 'Heavy Metal Music' Cracks U.S. Top 40

"Heavy Metal Music", the debut album from NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — sold nearly 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 40 on The Billboard 2...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Interviewed By SLAVES ON DOPE Singer (Video)

Jason Rockman, SLAVES ON DOPE singer and on-air announcer/host of "Amped With The Rockman" on the Montreal, Quebec, Canada radio station CHOM 97 7, conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo at this past weekend's Heavy MTL festival in Montreal. You can now w...

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NEWSTED: Video Footage Of Looney Tunes Question-And-Answer Session

NEWSTED — the band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — took part in an autograph signing and question-and-answer session on August 6 at Looney Tunes in West Babylon, New York. Check out video footage below. NEWSTED's debu...

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JASON NEWSTED Joins MEGADETH On Stage For Performance Of METALLICA Classic (Video)

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted performed the classic METALLICA song "Phantom Lord" with MEGADETH last night (Sunday, August 11) at the final show of this summer's Gigantour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Check out fan-filmed video footage of his appearance below. Newsted, who quit METALLICA in...

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JASON NEWSTED Interviewed On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

Former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted was interviewed on the August 2-4 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying t...

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FIREWIND's GUS G. Interviewed At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Jägermeister U.K. conducted an interview with FIREWIND and OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. (real name: Kostas Karamitroudis) at the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which is being held August 8-11 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. FIREWIND celebrated its 10th...