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MEGADETH To Tour U.S. With FEAR FACTORY, NONPOINT

Following the success of Gigantour 2013 and sold-out shows with IRON MAIDEN and BLACK SABBATH, MEGADETH has confirmed the "Super Collider" tour. The cross-country trek kicks off in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 23 and makes stops in Detroit, Boston and Charlotte, along with other markets. Support...

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CARCASS: 'Surgical Steel' First-Week Chart Positions

"Surgical Steel", the new album from reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Finland: #6 Germany: #10 Austria: #24 Sweden: #42 UK: #47 Australia: #59 Netherlands: #73 France: #80 Ireland: #84 Belgium: #117 (Flanders #130, Wallonia...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed By CLEVELAND SCENE (Video)

Cleveland Scene magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. You can now watch the chat below. SAXON's new album, "Sacrifice", was released on March 1 in Europe (except in the U.K., where it was made available on March 4) and March 26 in No...

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METALLICA Rocks Yankee Stadium To Honor MARIANO RIVERA; Pro-Shot Video

METALLICA performed its classic song "Enter Sandman" earlier today (Sunday, September 22) at Yankee Stadium in New York to honor retiring Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera prior to their game against the San Francisco Giants — who happen to be METALLICA's hometown team. Rivera, who's calling it quits a...

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METALLICA Performs At World-Famous Apollo Theater In New York City; Photos, Video Footage

METALLICA teamed up with SiriusXM radio to bring back the Mandatory Metallica channel and celebrated with a special show last night (Saturday, September 21) at Harlem's world-famous 1,500-capacity Apollo Theater in New York City. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hit The Lights 02. Master Of Pu...

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Ex-MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Working On 'Very Heavy' New Project THE ATOMIC DISINTEGRATOR

On September 20, Honduras rock journalist Alvaro Villatoro (a.k.a. Lemmy Simmons) of Hard Heavy conducted an interview with former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about his 2002 solo album "Life Afer Death", Menza said: "Putting so...

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MEGADETH: 'Countdown To Extinction: Live' Trailer Available

In November and December of 2012, MEGADETH blazed hot on the band's "Countdown To Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour", ripping through their entire double platinum 1992 album from start to finish before performing other classics from their recorded catalog. Recorded and filmed at Los Angeles' Fox Thea...

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METALLICA To Perform On 'The Colbert Report'

METALLICA sit down for an interview and perform on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday, September 24. Check your local listings and providers for show times. For more information, visit ColbertNation.com. As previously reported, METALLICA will guest on "The Howard Stern Show" on SiriusX...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: Video Footage Of Austin Workshop

Video footage of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson's September 9 Guitar Center workshop in Austin, Texas can be seen below. The autobiography of David Ellefson, co-founder and bassist of 11-time Grammy-nominated heavy metal titans MEGADETH, will be made available on October 29 via Howard Books. Ellefs...

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CARCASS' STEER, WILDING Talk About 'Surgical Steel' Artwork (Video)

Video footage of guitarist Bill Steer and drummer Dan Wilding of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS talking about the cover artwork for their new album, "Surgical Steel", can be seen below. "Surgical Steel" will be released on September 16 in the U.K., September 13 in the rest of Eur...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Working On 'Shepherd Of Fire' Video

AVENGED SEVENFOLD is working on a video for the song "Shepherd Of Fire" with director Wayne Isham, who has helmed clips for such established artists as METALLICA, MTLEY CRE, SIMPLE PLAN, PANTERA, 'N SYNC, SHANIA TWAIN, GODSMACK, BRITNEY SPEARS, LEONA LEWIS, PINK FLOYD, SHERYL CROW, JOSS STONE, MADON...

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MEGADETH Bassist Collaborates With JOHNNY WORE BLACK On 'Gift Of Desperation' Single

"Gift Of Desperation", the latest single from U.K. songwriter/producer Johnny Wore Black, is a collaboration with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. Taken from Johnny Wore Black's debut album, "Walking Underwater", which will be released early next year, "Gift Of Desperation" is a thought-provoking da...

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METALLICA Frontman Looks Back On NAPSTER Battle

In a brand new interview with CraveOnline.com, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield spoke about how far the digital music industry has come since 2000 when METALLICA launched legal action against Napster, claiming that the pioneering music file-sharing service was illegally allowing users to download M...

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ZAKK WYLDE Says Next BLS Album Will Have 'Heavy Riffs And Other Stuff Everyone Knows And Loves'

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has commenced work on the material for the follow-up to 2010's "Order Of The Black" for a tentative spring 2014 release. "[The band] has just been writing, writing, writing every day since we got home" from MEGADETH's Gigantour, BLS mainman Zakk Wylde tells Billboard.com. "It'll...

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ANNIHILATOR: 'No Way Out' Video Released

"No Way Out", the new video from Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR, can be seen below. The clip accompanies the band on their tour from the airport to the hotel room, from the rehearsal room to the stage at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany in front of over 80,000 metal fans. "No Way...