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Low Country

Last year, I hung a perfect ten rating upon THE SWORD's dazzling and frankly ballsy "High Country" album. I stand by it a year later as THE SWORD takes the unplugged route with a mostly acoustic companion piece, "Low Country". To set the record straight about "Low Country", the ten songs revamped in...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Talks Playing Guitar And Singing: It's 'Incredible' What HETFIELD And MUSTAINE Do

On September 10, Alex Stojanovic of Metal Master Kingdom conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On ANNIHILATOR's lack of a live presen...

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TARJA TURUNEN Releases 'Demons In You' Digital Single Featuring ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ

Coinciding with the start of Tarja Turunen's European tour in Hanover, Germany, this Friday, the Finnish queen of heavy rock surprises fans with the digital release of her new single, "Demons In You". On November 11, the single will also be released as an exclusive, limited 1CD digipak collector's i...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Lives Out Dream By Performing With CHEAP TRICK

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian got to live out a dream this past Saturday, October 1 when he joined CHEAP TRICK on stage at the at the Louder Than Life festival in Lousville, Kentucky to perform the latter band's song "Auf Wiedersehen". Video footage of his appearance can be seen below. ANTHRAX recorde...

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SLIPKNOT's JIM ROOT Recovering From Disk Replacement Surgery

SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root underwent disk replacement surgery on Tuesday (October 4) — two days after the band's headlining performance at the Louder Than Life festival in Lousville, Kentucky. He wrote on his Instagram account: "[It] seems as if fractured vertebrae and hemorrhaged disks are an occu...

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SLIPKNOT's '.5: The Gray Chapter' Gold-Album Plaque Unveiled

SLIPKNOT's fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", was officially certified gold on August 31 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales of more than 500,000 copies. The certification came six months after RIAA started including on-demand audio and video streams and a trac...

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MASTODON Re-Teams With Producer BRENDAN O'BRIEN For Upcoming Album

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have re-teamed with producer Brendan O'Brien for the recording sessions for their new album, tentatively due in early 2017. O'Brien, who has previously worked with AC/DC, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and PAPA ROACH, among many others, helmed MASTODON's 2009 effort, "Cra...

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DREAM THEATER: 'Selections From The Astonishing' Songbook Available From HAL LEONARD

Hal Leonard has released note-for-note keyboard transcriptions for DREAM THEATER's "The Astonishing" album. Set in a dystopian future, "The Astonishing" tracks the Ravenskill Rebel Militia as they use the power of music to fight against the Great Northern Empire of the Americas. Hal Leonard's "Dream...

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VINNIE PAUL: PHILIP ANSELMO Has 'Done A Lot Of Things That Tarnish' PANTERA's Image

Vinnie Paul Abbott says that "it's sad" to see Philip Anselmo doing "a lot of things" that have tarnished PANTERA's image in the fifteen years since the band's split. The former PANTERA drummer's comments came during an interview he and his HELLYEAH bandmates gave to R7 before the latter group's Sep...

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Watch OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST Fans Tailgate, Headbang, Praise Metal Scene

Rolling Stone has uploaded a six-minute video clip in which rowdy fans bond, headbang and praise the undying spirit of metal in the parking lot of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, which was held September 24-25 a at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore, California. Check it out below. According to the San Berna...

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Reunited DOKKEN Performs In Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Video Footage, Photos

The reunited classic lineup of DOKKEN — singer Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer "Wild" Mick Brown — played its only U.S. show Friday night (September 30) at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The concert was a warm-up gig for th...

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JANE'S ADDICTION's DAVE NAVARRO Signs With UNITED TALENT AGENCY

According to Billboard, JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) in all areas. JANE'S ADDICTION, which has broken up and reunited several times since forming in 1985, released its fourth studio album, "The Great Escape Artist", in 2011 and a concert album/DV...

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TÝR Frontman Pushes Back Against Concert Boycott Efforts Over His Participation In Whaling

Faroe Islands natives TÝR have reportedly several shows on their 17-date November European tour supporting the Norwegian metal band SIRENIA canceled over lead singer Heri Joensen's participation in the Faroese practice of whaling. The owners of the Hamburg, Germany club Logo issued the following sta...

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TESTAMENT: Third Trailer For 'Brotherhood Of The Snake' Album

The third trailer for "Brotherhood Of The Snake", the twelfth album from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT, is available below. The CD will be released on October 28 via Nuclear Blast. The cover was once again created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor, who also handled the art fo...

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ZAKK WYLDE Set For 2017 'Experience Hendrix Tour'

Lauded by critics and fans alike, the multi-artist Experience Hendrix Tour is set to return in 2017 to celebrate the music of Jimi Hendrix, long hailed as the genre's greatest innovator. This latest edition of the annual tour will be the most ambitious one to date, encompassing 29 performance dates...