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TESTAMENT Guitarist Interviewed On 'Saturday Night Scream'

Guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT was recently interviewed by Joe D, host of the metal show "Saturday Night Scream", which airs every Saturday night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on WAQX (95X) in Syracuse, New York. The chat is now available for streaming using the a...

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MARDUK Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

Swedish black metallers MARDUK 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 A...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK: A Change In Winter Plans

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has posted the following message on his official web site: "It's been nearly ten years since my first TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA winter tour. Each year it's been an incredible experience, traveling from arena to arena being an important part of the largest symphonic r...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist On 'The Shred Epidemic'

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has penned a blog for GuitarPlayer.com on "The Shred Epidemic." An excerpt follows below. "I don't consider myself a 'shredder.' I realize this is a statement that may be surprising to some, but it's true. There are those who call me a shredder and I don't take it a...

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VICIOUS RUMORS' New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By TESTAMENT, NIGHT RANGER Members

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS will kick off a new European headlining tour on October 8, 2010 in Würzburg, Germany, preceded by a warm-up show two days earlier at the Avalon Ballroom in Santa Clara, California. A list of upcoming dates can be found at this location. VICIOUS RUMORS...

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TESTAMENT, Ex-NEVERMORE Members To Guest On AC/DZ Debut

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 producer Walter Morgan (organizer of the Thrash Of The Titans 2001 benefit concert),has enlisted Eric Peterson (TESTAMENT) and...

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EXODUS: 'Downfall' Video Released

"Downfall", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by SchneppZone director Jon Schnepp of "Metalocalypse" fame (the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim) and was shot...

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MASTER Mainman Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal'

Paul Speckmann of legendary death metallers MASTER was interviewed on the August 5, 2010 edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 8:00 p.m. EST. ...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer DAN NELSON Covers PANTERA With GOD FORBID (Video)

Video footage of former ANTHRAX and current BLACKGATES singer Dan Nelson joining GOD FORBID on stage on May 22, 2010 at Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, New York to perform a cover of the PANTERA classic "Mouth For War" can be viewed below. As previously reported, Nelson has uploaded several songs that...

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OVERKILL To Reissue CD, DVD With Three Previously Unreleased Live Tracks

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will re-release their "Immortalis" album and "Live at Wacken Open Air" DVD on October 5, 2010 via eOne Music. This will be a CD/DVD combo release with three new unreleased live tracks: * Within Your Eyes (from "Relix" CD) * Blood and Iron (from "Feel The Fir...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Talks About His Early Musical Influences With EXPLOREMUSIC

Alan Cross of ExploreMusic conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo last week when the band played the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. The two-part chat, in which Dave talks about how he got into drumming, his early musical influences, his...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket" (which airs in Australia). Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Chuck Billy...

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ENSIFERUM Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM 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...

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DJERV: 'Headstone EP' Now Available

DJERV — the Norwegian band featuring singer Agnete Kjølsrud of ANIMAL ALPHA, drummer Erlend Gjerde of STONEGARD and WARDRUNA and guitarist Stian Kårstad of TRELLDOM — has released its first-ever recordings on the "Headstone EP", available via Indie Distribution and the group's own label, Katapult Mu...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Solo Catalog Reissued On Colored Vinyl

Back On Black — the company which specializes in vinyl reissues of classic metal albums and is dedicated to providing top-quality releases for record collectors and metal fans worldwide — will reissue the solo catalog from Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LA...