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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Talks About Upcoming 'Jägermeister Music Tour' (Video)

Video footage of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson talking about the the band's upcoming Jägermeister Music Tour with SLAYER and ANTHRAX can be viewed below. Following seven historic shows as part of the "Big Four" European festival dates with METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH, ANTHRAX will join SLAYER a...

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Former SLAYER/TESTAMENT Drummer Offering One-On-One Lessons

Former TESTAMENT/SLAYER and current KILLING MACHINE drummer Jon Dette has issued the following update: "I will be home for a short break from working with KILLING MACHINE in Europe. "I will be offering lessons to students in the San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles area until mid/late October. A...

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MEGADETH's 'Rust In Peace Live' CD, DVD First-Week Sales Revealed

MEGADETH's "Rust In Peace Live" CD — which captures the final night of the band's historic month-long "Rust In Peace" 20th anniversary tour — sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 161 on The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, the DVD version...

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TESTAMENT Hopes To Begin Recording New Album By End Of Year

San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have wrapped up the "American Carnage" tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH and are ready to head into writing and recording mode for their upcoming follow-up to 2008's "The Formation Of Damnation". "The 'American Carnage' tour was great for us, but now is the tim...

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SLAYER Drummer Interviewed By MF MAGAZINE (Video)

MF Magazine recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. You can now watch the chat below. For the first time in its near-30-year history, SLAYER, the single most distinctive and radical thrash metal band ever, will see its ten American Recordings albums released as a limited-e...

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'The Big Four' Super Deluxe Box Set: First Photo Available

The first photo of the limited-edition "super deluxe" "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria" box set — including the DVD set, five CDs with ALL the music, a 24-page booklet, a poster, photos of each band, and a "Big Four" guitar pick — can be viewed below. Universal Music will release "The Big Fo...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: Before I Die, I Would Love To Make Peace With VINNIE PAUL

RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockConfidential.com: What do you remember about writing the material that ended up on "Cowboys From Hell"? Anselmo: I knew I was with a g...

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ANTHRAX Singer Interviewed On 'Saturday Night Scream'

ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna was recently interviewed by Joe D, host of the metal show "Saturday Night Scream", which airs every Saturday night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on WAQX (95X) in Syracuse, New York. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Following seven hist...

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APOCALYPTICA Performs On Portland's Rock 101.1 FM KUFO; Pro-Shot Footage Available

Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA stopped by the Area 101 at the Bing Lounge before the band's show at the Roseland Theater on Sunday, September 12 to perform a short set for the listeners of the Portland, Oregon Rock 101.1 FM KUFO radio station. You can now watch professionally filmed video f...

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SLAYER Interviewed On NPR's 'Sound Opinions'; Audio Available

SLAYER members Dave Lombardo (drums) and Kerry King (guitar) were interviewed by Chicago music critics Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot for this past weekend's edition of NPR's "Sound Opinions". You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. (Note: The SLAYER interview begins around the n...

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ESOTERIC, PANIC CELL, BONESAW, THE MIRE Confirmed For U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIVAL

Experimental doom titans ESOTERIC and globe-trotting metal veterans PANIC CELL will help fly the U.K. flag at this year's Damnation Festival. They'll be joined by Scottish old-school death metallers BONESAW, Brighton's progressive rockers THE MIRE and the recent winners of the Rock Sound and Terrori...

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CRYSTAL VIPER: 'Legends' Trailer Available

Polish female-fronted traditional heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER will release its brand new studio album titled "Legends" on October 22 via AFM Records. As the title suggests, all the lyrics on the CD are based on the original Polish legends from the middle ages. The effort was recorded and mixed at...

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CARCASS Frontman's Signature Bass To Be Officially Presented To Public At NAMM

Fernandes Guitars has announced the addition of a legendary artist to its family roster: Jeff Walker of CARCASS. Jeff has been playing during the band's last run of European festivals a new signature custom bass model, which was designed by the man himself and developed at the Fernandes custom shop...

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APOCALYPTICA Interviewed On 93.7 KCLB ROCKS! (Audio)

On September 8, Kevin Conklin of the 93.7 KCLB Rocks! radio station (web site) in Palm Springs, California conducted an interview with Perttu Kivilaakso of the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. ...

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SLAYER To Guest On NPR's 'Sound Opinions'

SLAYER members Dave Lombardo (drums) and Kerry King (guitar) were interviewed by Chicago music critics Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot for this weekend's edition of NPR's "Sound Opinions". Visit www.soundopinions.org to listen online and find out when the show airs near you. For the first time in its nea...