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'NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990' Book Due In November

"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990", Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely infl...

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Ex-MEGADETH Members NICK MENZA, JAMES LOMENZO Cover METALLICA's 'Creeping Death'; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH members Nick Menza (drums) and James Lomenzo (bass) last month announced a working musical relationship that will lead into a full working, writing, recording and touring band at some point. Menza and Lomenzo's first jam session took place on June 25 at Menza's Disintegrator Studios...

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MOTÖRHEAD's MIKKEY DEE: 'It's Very Strange To Have So Much Time Off'

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 – August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how he spent his time off from MOTÖRHEAD in the past year while the band's frontman, Lemmy Kilm...

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Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Sells Out In Record 12 Hours

The 25th-anniversary edition of Wacken Open Air just ended 36 hours ago and the promoters are already able to confirm that next year's installment of the annual metal festival has sold out. It is the 10th year in a row that all tickets to Wacken have been snapped up. Within 12 hours, 75,000 tickets...

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SAVATAGE To Reunite For Appearance At Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the event is TRANS-SIBERIA...

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POWERMAN 5000's SPIDER ONE Speaks To Metalholic.com (Audio)

On July 3, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with POWERMAN 5000 frontman Spider One. You can now listen to the chat below. POWERMAN 5000's new album, "Builders Of The Future", sold around 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 63 on...

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Video: MEGADETH Flies On Private Jet From Spain To Sweden

Video footage of MEGADETH's trip on a private jet from Spain, where they performed at the Resurrection Fest on July 31, to Rejmyre, Sweden, where they were scheduled to play at the Skogsröjet festival on August 1, can be seen below. MEGADETH is continuing work on material for the band's next album,...

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GUS G. Releases 'Blame It On Me' Video, Announces West Coast Dates

"Blame It On Me", the new video from Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, can be seen below. The song is taken from Gus' debut solo album, "I Am The Fire", which entered the ...

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SWEET/LYNCH Featuring MICHAEL SWEET, GEORGE LYNCH: Two New Videos, EPK Shot

SWEET/LYNCH — the new band featuring guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER, legendary guitarist George Lynch (T&N, DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB),bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, WHITE LION, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Brian Tichy (S.U.N., WHITESNAKE) — has just finished f...

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MIKKEY DEE Says He 'Wasn't Ready For MOTÖRHEAD' The First Time He Was Asked To Join The Band

MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee says has no regrets about turning down the opportunity to join the band the first time he was asked, saying that he simply "wasn't ready" to be in a band with Lemmy and Co. nearly 30 years ago. During a recent interview with Finland's Radio Rock, the Swedish musician — w...

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ZAKK WYLDE, JAMES LABRIE, GEOFF TATE, DAVID ELLEFSON, VINNY APPICE To Take Part In 'Metal All Stars'

There have been quite a few unmistakable characters that heavy metal has given us over the years. On Tuesday, December 16, an impressive amount of these renowned names will unite as the Metal All Stars for a special one-off concert at O2 Academy Brixton in Londonn England. Tickets will go on general...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On Possibility Of Future 'Big Four' Shows: 'There's A Lot Of Variables'

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine prior to his band's July 26 performance at the Qstock festival in Oulu, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his recent revelation that he had over 130 song ide...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Singer PAUL DI'ANNO: 'The Beast Arises' DVD Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno's April 9 performance at Lizard Club in Krakow, Poland as part of the Doładowanie festival was professionally filmed for an upcoming DVD, titled "The Beast Arises", to be released on October 6 in Europe through Metal Mind Productions and October 7 in North Amer...

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ACCEPT: Second 'Blind Rage' Trailer Available

The second of three trailers for "Blind Rage", the new album from German/American metallers ACCEPT, can be seen below. The CD will be released on August 15 (postponed from the previously announced July 18) via Nuclear Blast. Like its two predecessors, 2010's "Blood Of The Nations" and 2012's "Stalin...

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Ex-MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Says That He Doesn't Want To Bash His Former Bandmates

Ex-MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza says that he had a "great" time with his former bandmates but insists that he will "chart [his] own way" during the coming months "and not rely on any shining reunion." Menza joined MEGADETH for the 1989 recording "Rust In Peace" and for the next nine years became asso...