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ZETRO SOUZA's Metal Blood Runs In The Family

OSKOREI, the San Francisco Bay Area metal band featuring Cody Souza — the son of former EXODUS/current TENET frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza — on bass, has recruited Cody's 14-year-old brother Nick to play drums for the group. According to a press release, "Nick's hard-hitting style and his will to be...

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Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal

There has been such a massive amount written about "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — and the critical reaction has pretty much been raving across the board – that it almost seems anti-climatic to talk about the recent DVD release. On the other hand, the scores of folks who didn't have the...

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DEFIANCE Signs To CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the signing of reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE. The band — vocalist Steev Esquivel (SKINLAB),guitarist Jim Adams, bassist Mike Kaufmann and drummer Mark Hernandez (VIO-LENCE, FORBIDDEN) — has started tracking its new album at Trident Studios and Gre...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Hits The Stage With FORBIDDEN In San Francisco; Video Available

Guitarist Craig Locicero of the reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN has issued the following update: "What a great night we had at Slim's [in San Francisco on Friday, September 12]! Everything about the experience was pretty f'n satisfying. I guess you could say it was full circle, c...

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JAMES HETFIELD Calls MACHINE HEAD's 'The Blackening' Album 'Unbelievable'

Revolver executive editor Brandon Geist has posted Part 4 in "The Best of the Rest" of his recent METALLICA interviews for the magazine's current cover story on the band and its highly anticipated new album, "Death Magnetic". In this installment (the follow-up to last week's interview with guitarist...

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DEFIANCE Resumes Recording New Album

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE, best known for their seminal late '80s/early '90s Roadrunner releases "Void Terra Firma" and "Beyond Recognition", have resumed recording their new album, tentatively due before the end of 2008 via an as-yet-undisclosed record label. According to the...

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'An Irish Tribute To Thrash' Due In September

Two years in the making, "An Irish Tribute to Thrash", Ireland's first tribute to thrash, will be released on September 5. It will be made availagle as a limited-edition digipack and will also be released on vinyl. According to a press release, the collection features "a wide variety from the thrash...

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FORBIDDEN: Eindhoven Footage Available

Video footage of FORBIDDEN July 4, 2008 performance at the Dynamo club in Eindhoven, Holland can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "stoneagelightning"). Russ Anderson (vocals) and Craig Locicero (guitar) of FORBIDDEN were interviewed at the Graspop Metal Meeting (June 27-29) in Dessel,...

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Reunited FORBIDDEN: New Audio Interview Available

Russ Anderson (vocals) and Craig Locicero (guitar) of the reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN were interviewed at the Graspop Metal Meeting (June 27-29) in Dessel, Belgium by "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian national radio Studio Brussel, hosted by AFTER ALL...

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Reunited FORBIDDEN: Pro-Shot Footage From Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING Available

Professionally filmed video footage of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN's June 28, 2008 performance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "Sebastos1"). FORBIDDEN's setlist was as follows: 01. March Into F...

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Reunited ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT At San Francisco's TIDAL WAVE FESTIVAL; Video Available

Capital Chaos has posted video footage of the reunited San Francisco Bay Area hardcore/crossover/thrash metal band ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT — featuring drummer Chris Kontos (MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT) — performing at the Tidal Wave Festival on July 5, 2008 at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in San Francisco'...

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EXODUS Completes Work On 'Bonded By Blood' Re-Recording

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers EXODUS have completed work on a re-recording of their classic 1985 debut album, "Bonded by Blood". For the troops in the trenches, it began in 1982 with a low-generation copy of a local band's three-song demo. For some, it began with their first listen to...

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FORBIDDEN: New Video Interview With CRAIG LOCICERO Available

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with guitarist Craig Locicero of the reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN after the band's June 27, 2008 concert at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany. Watch the seven-minute chat below. As previously repo...

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Reunited FORBIDDEN: HELLFEST Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN performing the song "Off the Edge" on June 22, 2008 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). As previously reported, FORBIDDEN...

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Reunited FORBIDDEN: Maribor Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN performing on June 24, 2008 at Stuk in Maribor, Slovenia can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "shoufer"). As previously reported, FORBIDDEN has tapped Mark Hernandez (HEATHEN, DEFIANCE, RE:I...