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SWORN AMONGST, SVÖLK Added To ANNIHILATOR's European Tour

U.K. thrashers SWORN AMONGST and Norway's SVÖLK have been confirmed as the support acts for ANNIHILATOR on the Canadian metallers' upcoming "Total Annihilation 2010 European Tour". Commented ANNIHILATOR guitarist Jeff Waters: "[It's] very cool to bring out [SWORN AMONGST], a younger thrash band that...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO To Film 'Bollywood Jam' Video

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will film a video for the song "Bollywood Jam" on Monday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at the Brooklyn Lyceum, located at 227 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, New York. For an optional cash donation you'll be a part of th...

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QUIET RIOT, FEAR FACTORY Drummers To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

QUIET RIOT's Frankie Banali and FEAR FACTORY's Gene Hoglan will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, September 19 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. For information, go to this location. After the tragic passing of co-...

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MEGADETH Bassist Interviewed In Seattle (Video)

Litsa Olsson conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson when the band played the WaMu Theater in Seattle, Washington on Sepember 3, 2010 with SLAYER and TESTAMENT as part of the "American Carnage" tour. You can now watch the chat below. MEGADETH's "Rust In Peace Live" CD — which cap...

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EXODUS Drummer Talks Technique: 'In My Younger Years I Just Relied More On Brute Force'

Don de Leaumont of The Great Southern Brainfart conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS prior to the band's September 3, 2010 concert in Atlanta, Georgia. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: EXODUS was on t...

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LD/50 Announces New Drummer

LD/50, the San Francisco, California-based band featuring Glen Alvelais (TESTAMENT, FORBIDDEN) on guitar, Clark Brown (GEEZER) on vocals, and Terry Goss (SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY) on bass, has recruited drummer Tony Providence (pictured below; A BAND CALLED PAIN). Commented Alvelais: "The first time I...

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EXODUS Guitarist To Guest On AC/DZ Album

Gary Holt (EXODUS) has been added to the list of guitarists who will lay down guest solos on the forthcoming debut album from AC/DZ, the San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band formed by legendary thrash singer Steve "Zetro" Souza (TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, LEGACY) and executive pr...

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Former SLAYER/TESTAMENT Drummer Offering One-On-One Lessons

Former TESTAMENT/SLAYER and current KILLING MACHINE drummer Jon Dette has issued the following update: "I will be home for a short break from working with KILLING MACHINE in Europe. "I will be offering lessons to students in the San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles area until mid/late October. A...

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EXODUS: More Quality Denver Footage Posted Online

Superskum has uploaded more high-quality fan-filmed video footage of EXODUS' August 21, 2010 performance in Denver, Colorado. You can watch the "The Toxic Waltz" clip below. EXODUS' "Downfall" video was helmed by SchneppZone director Jon Schnepp of "Metalocalypse" fame (the animated program about DE...

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TESTAMENT Hopes To Begin Recording New Album By End Of Year

San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have wrapped up the "American Carnage" tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH and are ready to head into writing and recording mode for their upcoming follow-up to 2008's "The Formation Of Damnation". "The 'American Carnage' tour was great for us, but now is the tim...

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SIGHT OF EMPTINESS: 'Burning Silence' Video Released

"Burning Silence", the new video from Costa Rica-based melodic extreme metal band SIGHT OF EMPTINESS, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on May 9, 2010 when SIGHT OF EMPTINESS supported MEGADETH in front of 15,000 metalheads at Autodromo La Guacima in San Jose, Costa Rica. This was not be the...

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TERROR SYNDROME Writing New Material

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND members Ryan Van Poederooyen (drums),Dave Young (guitar) and Mike Young (bass),along with ANNIHILATOR frontman Dave Padden, has written two new songs for the group's forthcoming second album. Comm...

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Report: METALLICA Are Messengers For God, Calgary Pastor Preaches

The Canadian Press recently conducted an interview with John Van Sloten, the 49-year-old pop-culture pastor of the Christian Reformed congregation at New Hope Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and author of the book "The Day Metallica Came To Church: Searching For The Everywhere God In Everything"....

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TESTAMENT, CANCER BATS Frontmen Interviewed On 'Mars Attacks' Podcast

Chuck Billy from TESTAMENT and Liam Cormier from CANCER BATS were interviewed by host Victor M. Ruiz for the latest episode of the "Mars Attacks" podcast. You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below. In a recent interview with LoudTrax.com, Chuck Billy stated about the songwriting pr...

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TÝR Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

Faroese Viking metallers TÝR have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL AMO...