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TESTAMENT Guitarist Issues Post-METAL MASTERS TOUR Update

TESTAMENT has announced a string of headlining dates this October with Louisiana metallers SOILENT GREEN. The tour includes TESTAMENT's appearance at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 9 in New York City, where the band will be direct support to headliners CHILDREN OF BODOM. Commented guitarist Eri...
September 16, 2008
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TROUBLE Guitarist Talks Singer Change

Sean Palmerston of Viewmag recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bruce Franklin of the legendary Chicago doom band TROUBLE. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the fact that TROUBLE's latest album, "Simple Mind Condition", has yet to receive a U.S. release: "Shortly after its rele...
September 15, 2008
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TESTAMENT Guitarist ERIC PETERSON: 'We're Survivors'

James Ridley of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the current metal scene: "It's a really good time for metal right now. The scene is really growing. There are a lot of great bands to play...
September 15, 2008
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ALICE COOPER On 'The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson'; Video Available

Alice Cooper was one of the featured guests on this past Wednesday night's (September 10) episode of "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" on CBS-TV. Watch the interview and performance footage of the song "Elected" below. ALICE COOPER recently completed video for the song "Vengeance Is Mine" fea...
September 12, 2008
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KISS/ALICE COOPER Drummer ERIC SINGER To Sign Autographs In Moncton

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada's Times & Transcript reports that drummer Eric Singer will appear in Moncton to sign autographs and greet fans on October 19, only a few hours before he takes the stage with shock rocker ALICE COOPER in a show at the Moncton Coliseum. Eric Singer, drummer for ALICE...
September 11, 2008
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DEICIDE Announces New Touring Guitarist

Florida-based death metallers DEICIDE have tapped Kevin Quirion from ORDER OF ENNEAD as their new touring guitarist. Quiron will make his live debut with DEICIDE on Saturday, September 13 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Commented Quirion: "DEICIDE needed a guitarist and I happened to be standing right t...
September 10, 2008
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IRON FIRE Recording New Album

Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish metal band IRON FIRE has issued the following update: "We have been in the studio on and off for a couple of months now, and the new album is coming along great. Vocals are almost done now and guitar solos are being recorded every day at Kirk's [Backarach, guitar...
September 9, 2008
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SLASH To Appear In ALICE COOPER's 'Vengeance Is Mine' Video

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash reportedly makes an appearance in ALICE COOPER's recently completed video for the song "Vengeance Is Mine". The track comes off ALICE COOPER's new album, "Along Came A Spider", which sold just under 10,000 copies in the United States i...
September 9, 2008
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CELTIC FROST Laid To Rest For Good

Martin Eric Ain and Tom Gabriel Fischer of the Swiss avant-garde/metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have issued the following statement: "In the wake of the events transpiring earlier this year, we, who together formed CELTIC FROST in 1984 and together reformed the group in 2001, have discussed the situati...
September 9, 2008
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Hero Destroyed

Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a wor...
September 8, 2008
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Stick with What You Know: Live in Europe

PAT TRAVERS is a guitar hero that doesn't get mentioned enough in conversations about the great axe-swingers who came of age in the 1970s. The Toronto-born TRAVERS made some sizzling hard rock with albums like 1978's "Heat in the Street", 1979's smash hit "Live! Go for what you Know" (hence, the new...
September 8, 2008
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Video Inspired By WYKKED WYTCH's Cover Of 'Bring Me To Life' Posted Online

The uncensored video inspired by WYKKED WYTCH's cover version of the EVANESCENCE smash hit "Bring Me To Life" can be viewed below. The track was recorded by Matt LaPlant (NONPOINT, SIKTH) and Gus Rios (MALEVOLENT CREATION) at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida. Mixing and mastering was h...
September 5, 2008
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Guitarist STEVE BROWN Discusses TRIXTER Reunion

Guitarist Steve Brown recently spoke with SplitScreen Entertainment about the TRIXTER reunion, his memories of touring with KISS and his acoustic rendition of their song "A Million To One", as featured on the new tribute album "Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent". Steve also discussed his STE...
September 4, 2008
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THESYRE To Begin Recording New Album

Eric M. Syre, vocalist/bassist for Quebec-based black metallers THESYRE, has issued the following update: "With the years piling up and age setting in, it's getting harder and harder for us to gather and record, let alone rehearse as a band... "We're finally starting the recordings [for the new THES...
September 3, 2008
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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Interviewed On Dutch Radio; Video Available

METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield was interviewed by Eric Corton of the Dutch radio station Radio 3FM at the Pinkpop festival on May 30, 2008 in Landgraaf, The Netherlands. Watch the 23-minute chat below (latest version of Windows Media player required to view clip). A new METALLICA song,...
September 3, 2008