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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Is A 'Taxi Tackler'

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo is featured in a two-minute video clip on Channel Bee in which tells the story about the time he surprised Marilyn Manson with his drunken antics. Watch the video below. Lombardo is a Cuban-American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American thrash metal b...

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Artist Behind DIMEBAG 'Assassination' Painting Responds To Heavy Metal Detractors

Tom Sanford, the New York-based artist behind the controversial 2005 painting "The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell", has posted a lengthy update on his official web site addressing the criticism of his work by metal fans who found the painting to be in poor taste. His message is re-published below...

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TESTAMENT's ERIC PETERSON Schedules MUSICIANS INSTITUTE Guitar Clinic

Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will take part in a special metal guitar clinic on Thursday, November 19 at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. During this Concert Hall event, the speed metal pioneer will share his approach to riff writing, album production,...

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FEAR FACTORY: 'Mechanize' Track-By-Track Guide By BURTON C. BELL

FEAR FACTORY — the newly revamped band featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drummer...

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EPICA Singer Confirmed For 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

EPICA frontwoman Simone Simons is among the guest vocalists who will participate in the second "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, set to take place on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 013, Tilburg, Holland. As was the case with last year's event, the singers will be backed by a six-piece band and a 30-pie...

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VEKTOR: Entire Album Available For Streaming

Phoenix, Arizona-based futuristic thrashers VEKTOR will release their full-length debut, "Black Future", on November 17 via Heavy Artillery Records. According to a press release, the CD "is a seventy-minute epic of diabolical space metal that stimulates the senses and challenges any preconceived lim...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer, Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist Interviewed On 'Rockin' Metal Revival'

Former ANTHRAX lead vocalist Dan Nelson and ex-QUEENSRŸCHE/current SPEED X guitarist Mike Stone were interviewed for the latest episode of the "Rockin' Metal Revival". The three-hour program is now available for streaming in three parts below. Nelson recently told The Metal Den that he has been writ...

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FEAR FACTORY: 'Mechanize' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "Mechanize", the forthcoming album from FEAR FACTORY — the newly revamped band featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording wit...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist To Release New ACHOZEN Song This Friday

SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian will release "Salute/Sacrifice", a new song from ACHOZEN — his collaboration with WU-TANG CLAN founder The RZA — on Friday, November 13 via his urSESSION.com web site. In addition to Odadjian and The RZA, ACHOZEN features Kinetic 9 (a.k.a. Beretta 9 from KILLA...

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FEAR FACTORY's 'Mechanize' To Receive European Release Via AFM RECORDS

"Mechanize", the new studio album from FEAR FACTORY — featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and leg...

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BENEDICTION: Footage From This Past Weekend's HELLFIRE Festival Posted Online

Video footage of long-running Birmingham, U.K.-based extreme metallers BENEDICTION performing the song "The Grey Man" at the Hellfire II festival on November 7, 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). BENEDICTION will tour...

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MEGADETH's CHRIS BRODERICK: 'I Try To Be Confident With My Playing'

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick on Friday, November 6. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: MEGADETH's U.S. tour kicks off on November 14th. How many new songs from "Endgame" will be added to the setlist, and what has been the crowd's r...

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FEAR FACTORY: New Song Available For Streaming

"Powershifter", a brand new song from the new band calling itself FEAR FACTORY — featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LA...

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MANOWAR: More German Dates Announced

MANOWAR will embark on the "Death To Infidels World Tour 2010" in January. The band's first world trek since 1998 is sure to be a grand testament to one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time. Don't miss the chance to see MANOWAR in all of its glory as it takes up the ...

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MEGADETH Drummer Says There Is 'No Truth' To Rumor Band Will Tour U.S. With SLAYER, TESTAMENT

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has refuted rumors that the band will embark on a U.S. tour in February with SLAYER, TESTAMENT and HIGH ON FIRE. Writing on MEGADETH's official forum, Drover, states, "Rumors are just that. [There is] no truth to this [rumor] at all." SLAYER was forced to postpone its "...