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ACT OF DEFIANCE Feat. Ex-MEGADETH Members: Video Footage Of Houston Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of ACT OF DEFIANCE, the band featuring former MEGADETH members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar),alongside ex-SCAR THE MARTYR singer Henry Derek Bonner, and SHADOWS FALL's Matt Bachand (bass),performing on December 2 at Scout Bar in Houston, Texas can be se...

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MEGADETH's North American Tour To Be Announced Next Week

MEGADETH's North American headlining tour will be announced sometime next week, the band's mainman, Dave Mustaine, revealed earlier today (Saturday, December 5) while chatting with fans via Periscope, a live video streaming platform owned by Twitter. The trek, which will tentatively launch in Februa...

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Video: New MEGADETH Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Plays IRON MAIDEN Classics During 'Ultimate Jam Night'

New MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro performed a couple of IRON MAIDEN classics — "2 Minutes To Midnight" and "Wasted Years" — during this past Wednesday's (December 2) "Ultimate Jam Night" at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, California. Joining him on stage were Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, DIVINE HERES...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND: New Guitar-Lesson Videos Available

Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com just shot a new round of guitar-lesson videos with former MEGADETH axeman Chris Poland. A video clip of Poland shredding/warming up for the interview can be viewed at this location. At PlayThisRiff.com you can expect to see the following new lesson videos by Ch...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Says 'Peace Sells' Is 'Definitely One Of The Most Recognizable' Bass Lines In Rock

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Songfacts: What would you say are the most underrated MEGADETH tunes? David: I didn't listen to "Youthanasia" very much until three or four years ago when I started l...

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SLAYER, TESTAMENT, CARCASS: North American Tour Dates Officially Announced

In support of "Repentless", the band's twelfth studio album and its career-highest chart debut, SLAYER will launch 2016 by pillaging and marauding its way across North America, headlining some two dozen dates over a five-week period. With special guests TESTAMENT and CARCASS on all dates, the tour s...

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HATEBREED Signs Worldwide Deal With NUCLEAR BLAST

New Haven, Connecticut hardcore giants HATEBREED have renewed their relationship with Nuclear Blast by signing a brand new, worldwide deal with the label. The group previously released its last album, "The Divinity Of Purpose", through Nuclear Blast in Europe, and now the band has chosen to expand i...

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Video: ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Talks Marketing And Advertising

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann is featured in "Over 50 Stories", an exclusive and ambitious series that gives you an intimate look into the lives of some very unique individuals. In the four-minute clip below, Wolf gives his one-of-a-kind insights, thoughts and opinions about marketing and advertisi...

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Video: GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME Performs In Warsaw

Fan-filmed video footage of OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, performing on November 25 at Progresja Music Zone in Warsaw, Poland can be seen below. "The Key", the first album of an ambitious trilogy from OPERATION: MINDCRIME, sold around 2,500 copies in...

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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, DISTURBED, ROB ZOMBIE, SHINEDOWN, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Confirmed For ROCK ON THE RANGE

Rock On The Range — the largest and most-acclaimed rock festival in the United States — celebrates its 10th anniversary May 20-21 and May 22, 2016 at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The incredible lineup features the legendary RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, hard rock titans DISTURBED (who have returned af...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE Feat. Ex-MEGADETH Members: Video Footage Of Brooklyn Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of ACT OF DEFIANCE, the band featuring former MEGADETH members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar),alongside ex-SCAR THE MARTYR singer Henry Derek Bonner, and SHADOWS FALL's Matt Bachand (bass),performing on November 13 at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York ca...

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ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Is Open To Songwriting Input From New Members

Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of German/American metallers ACCEPT. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the feeling in ACCEPT since the addition of guitaris...

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Unauthorized Biography Of ROB ZOMBIE Now Available

Joel McIver, the U.K.-based author of biographies of METALLICA, SLAYER, BLACK SABBATH, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MACHINE HEAD and many other artists, has released an unauthorized biography of Rob Zombie via Backbeat Books. "Sinister Urge: The Life And Times Of Rob Zombie" is the first in-depth, caree...

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SLAYER To Tour U.S. With TESTAMENT And CARCASS

SLAYER will embark on a U.S. tour early next year with support from TESTAMENT and CARCASS. So far only one date has been leaked: March 3 at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additional details, including all the dates and venues, are expected to be revealed in the coming days. SLAYER's new...

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Listen To New MEGADETH Song 'The Threat Is Real' (Audio)

MEGADETH's 12-inch single, "The Threat Is Real", will be released this week as part of Record Store Day's annual Black Friday bonanza. The effort will include the title track and a cover of FEAR's "Foreign Policy", both of which are taken from MEGADETH's forthcoming fifteenth studio album, "Dystopia...