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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...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says His Singing Voice Doesn't Go As High As It Used To

Richard Bienstock of Guitar World recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and guitarist Chris Broderick. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: You've stated publicly that you feel Chris is the best guitarist you've ever played with. Mustaine: He's...

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WARBRINGER: 'Hunter-Seeker' Lyric Video Released

Los Angeles-based thashers WARBRINGER will release their fourth studio album, "IV: Empires Collapse", on October 28 in Europe and October 29 in North America via Century Media Records. "IV: Empires Collapse", the studio recording debut for former MANTIC RITUAL members Jeff Potts (guitar) and Ben Mot...

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Icelandic Movie 'Metalhead' Premieres At Toronto International Film Festival

"Metalhead" (a.k.a. "Málmhaus"),the new movie from acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Ragnar Bragason, best known for his films "Börn" ("Children") and "Foreldrar" ("Parents"),had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier in the month. This darkly comic drama about a grief-s...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Bassist Interviewed On Spokane's ROCK 94 AND 1/2 (Video)

Spokane’s Rock 94 1/2 conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ at the Aftershock festival, which took place September 14-15 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. You can now watch the chat below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows t...

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METALLICA's 'The Howard Stern Show' Appearance Set For Next Monday

METALLICA will guest on "The Howard Stern Show" on SiriusXM satellite radio on Monday, September 23. Back in July, Gary Dell'Abate, the executive producer of "The Howard Stern Show", revealed that METALLICA would take part in an interview and perform two of its "classic" songs on the program. As pre...

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NEWSTED Filming Video For 'King Of The Underdogs'

NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — began filming a video for the song "King Of The Underdogs" on Monday, September 16 in Oakland, California. Directing the clip once again is Leon Melas, who previo...

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CHIMAIRA Guitarist Interviewed By RISE ABOVE THE ANCHOR (Video)

Rise Above The Anchor recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA guitarist Emil Werstler. You can now watch the chat below. CHIMAIRA's seventh studio album, "Crown Of Phantoms", sold around 7,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 52 on The Billboard...

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AMON AMARTH To Tour U.S. With ENSLAVED, SKELETONWITCH

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH will embark on a U.S. headlining tour in January in support of their newly released album, "Deceiver Of The Gods". Very special guest on the dates will be ENSLAVED, with additional support from SKELETONWITCH. Comments AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg: "After our su...

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ANTHRAX Begins Writing New Album

ANTHRAX has officially commenced the songwriting process for the band's next studio album, tentatively due in 2014. Guitarist Scott Ian tweeted this past Saturday: "Today [drummer Charlie Benante] and [bassist Frank Bello] are coming over to start writing for the next record. The few skeletons that...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Discusses Autobiography On 'The Classic Metal Show' (Audio)

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. The autobiography of David Ellefson, co-founder and b...

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NICKO MCBRAIN Says It Would Be Great For IRON MAIDEN To Stage Its Own Festival

IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain spoke to The Press-Enterprise ahead of the band's September 13 concert in San Bernardino, California. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On playing in California again: McBrain: "We love San Bernardino. Mainly, [we] just [remember playing] fantastic gi...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Working On His 'Most Intense' And 'Most Heavy' Solo Album To Date

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman was interviewed by Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal on the fourth episode of the "Metal Assault" radio show on the Los Angeles-based station Razor KXRZ. You can now listen to the program using the Mixcloud widget below. (Note: The Friedman interview begins around the...