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ACT OF DEFIANCE Feat. Ex-MEGADETH Members: Entire Debut Album Streaming; First North American Tour Announced

"Birth And The Burial", the debut album from 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),can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundC...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: Everybody Wants Me To Play Aggressive, Crazy, Heavy, Wild, Intense Music

Metal Temple magazine recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the musical direction of his latest solo album, "Inferno": "When I decided...

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SHAWN DROVER Wanted To Make 'Unrelenting Heavy Metal Record' After Split With MEGADETH

The latest episode of the "Mars Attacks" podcast features an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE drummer Shawn Drover. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he contributed musicall...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: More 'Wedding Extravaganza' Details Revealed

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach and fiancée Suzanne Le will celebrate their nuptials with a reception gala at the Rockbar in San Jose, California this coming weekend. Going big and in rock-star fashion, Bach needed a large stage to for him and his friends rock out and celebrate the couple's ne...

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CHRIS ADLER: MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Has 'An Incredible Sense Of Humor'

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD and MEGADETH drummer Chris Adler. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Can you talk about what your experience has been like doing the new MEGADETH record? Adler: It's been really, r...

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What Kind Of President Does MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Want?

Asked by a fan on Twitter whom he would like to see as the next president of the United States Of America, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine responded: "Someone who gave a shit, who wasn't planted or paid off, who wasn't a puppet, and who understood the word 'servant.'" During MEGADETH's April 2014 con...

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AMON AMARTH Working On New Material

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH are spending a week in "a cabin in the woods" writing and rehearsing material for their next album, tentatively due in early 2016. AMON AMARTH has not yet announced a replacement for drummer Fredrik Andersson, who left the band in March after 17 years. Asked if re...

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A Light in the Dark

Let me start this review by stating that I am a father. Everyone I know says my seven-year-old son is a Mini Me and the splitting image of his old man, this given the fact I adopted my kid. Karma prevails. Though I don't consider myself a true drummer, I noodle with a five-piece Gretsch ...

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Video: More Than 150 Drummers Play Along To AC/DC, MEGADETH Classics In Brazil

On August 9 at Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil, approximately 156 drummers, among them women, children, seniors and people of all ages, brought their own drum kits to play along to AC/DC and MEGADETH songs as part of Bateras 100% Brasil, a project conceived by drummer Dino Verdade, owner of the...

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LAMB OF GOD's JOHN CAMPBELL: 'It Made Perfect Sense' For CHRIS ADLER To Play With MEGADETH

Levi Seth Buckley of Sticks For Stones recently conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he was worried about how the track "Overlord" from LAMB OF GOD's new album, "VII: Sturm Und Drang...

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DAVID ELLEFSON, MIKE PORTNOY, ALEX SKOLNICK To Discuss METAL ALLEGIANCE At 'BackStory' Event In NYC

"BackStory", a series of curated live, feature-length interviews with iconic artists and musicians, announces metal heavyweights David Ellefson (MEGADETH),Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, THE WINERY DOGS),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and Mark Menghi of METAL ALLEGIANCE as upcoming guests for an exclusive...

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PAUL BOSTAPH: If GARY HOLT Contributes Music To Next SLAYER Album, 'It's Gonna Be Nothing But Crushing'

On July 31, Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph in San Antonio, Texas. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what's like to be playing with SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt after previously recording and touring with Holt as a member of EXO...

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New MEGADETH Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Will Be Replaced In ANGRA

Brazilian metallers ANGRA will eventually have to "find a substitute" for their guitarist Kiko Loureiro (pictured),who was recently named the new axeman in MEGADETH. Asked by Revolver magazine how ANGRA is dealing with Kiko's new gig and whether Loureiro will remain a permanent member of ANGRA, the...

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SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER: Playing With ANTHRAX Was 'One Of The Best Moments Of My Life'

Shredload conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser and vocalist Derrick Green on August 10 in Dublin, Ireland. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what it was like filling in for ANTHRAX's Scott Ian in 2011 while Ian spent time with his family following the birth of his fir...

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TRIVIUM: New Song 'Blind Leading The Blind' Available For Streaming

"Blind Leading The Blind", a brand new song from Florida metallers TRIVIUM, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Silence In The Snow", which will be released on October 2 via Roadrunner. The follow-up to 2013's "Vengeance Falls" was produced by Michael "Elvis" Basket...