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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT To Perform With EXODUS At 'Fear FestEvil After Party' In San Diego

Scion Audio Visual celebrates San Diego's enormous comic and entertainment convention with iconic METALLICA guitar player Kirk Hammett and his namesake toy company Kirk Von Hammet Toys with an exclusive, RSVP-only celebration dubbed the "Fear FestEvil After Party" that will showcase a performance by...

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THE HAUNTED: 'Exit Wounds' Album Details Revealed

Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED will release their new album, "Exit Wounds", on August 25 in Europe and September 2 in North America via Century Media. The CD was once again recorded with the band's longtime producer Tue Madsen at Denmark's Antfarm Studio (DARK TRANQUILLITY, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, SICK OF...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Talks VELVET REVOLVER Singer Search, Upcoming Documentary Based On His Memoir

Hayley Leggs of TotalRock Radio conducted an interview with Duff McKagan (WALKING PAPERS, LOADED, GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 20-22 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On...

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METALLICA: Official Footage Of ROCK AM RING Concert

Official Metallica.com footage METALLICA's June 8 performance at the Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburg, Germany can be seen below. The 21-minute clip includes footage of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett in the pre-show meet-and-greet, the band warming up in the tuning room, and "Master Of Puppets" an...

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Reunited DARK ANGEL Performs At France's HELLFEST (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of reunited thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL performing on June 22 at this year's edition of the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. Commented DARK ANGEL drummer Gene Hoglan: "Boy, these DARK ANGEL shows have truly been incredible! To be playing again and hanging...

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ANAAL NATHRAKH Signs To METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announce the signing of Birmingham, England's ANAAL NATHRAKH. Comments ANAAL NATHRAKH: "We are very pleased to announce our signing with Metal Blade Records. It means we are joining a roster with some truly titanic figures, and a label responsible for releasing some utterly l...

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METALLICA: Official Footage of ROCK IM PARK Festival Performance

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's June 6 performance at Rock Im Park festival in Nürnberg, Germany can be seen below. The 20-minute clip includes footage of bassist Robert Trujillo in the METALLICA fan club meet-and-greet, the band warming up in the tuning room and the songs "Creeping De...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says New Song 'Lords Of Summer' Is 'Going Down Well'

METALLICA has made a studio version of its new song, "Lords Of Summer", available at iTunes. Dubbed the "First Pass" version, the recording is basically a demo of the song that the band made before playing it live on its recent "Metallica By Request" tours of South America and Europe. The studio ver...

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'Louder Than Hell' Book Authors Interviewed On 'Sixx Sense' (Audio)

Jenn Marino of "Sixx Sense", the radio show hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx, conducted an interview with veteran rock journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman about Jon and Katherine's recently published book, "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal". Y...

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Reunited DARK ANGEL Performs At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of reunited thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL performing on June 5 at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below. Commented DARK ANGEL drummer Gene Hoglan: "Boy, these DARK ANGEL shows have truly been incredible! To be playing agai...

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Suspected Cop Killer's Love Of Heavy Metal 'Had Nothing To Do With' His Alleged Crimes, Says Friend

A friend of the 24-year-old man suspected of killing three police officers and wounding two others in the Canadian city of Moncton says that he is perplexed as to what could have happened to his friend to cause him to commit these horrific crimes. "[The alleged gunman Justin Bourque] loved MEGADETH...

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Suspected Cop Killer Posts MEGADETH, DETHKLOK Lyrics Before Going On Shooting Rampage

A 24-year-old man suspected of killing three police officers and wounding two others in the Canadian city of Moncton posted the lyrics to the MEGADETH song "Hook In Mouth" just hours before he committed the crimes. On May 5, the alleged shooter posted the lyrics to DETHKLOK's "Castratikon". Justin B...

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SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK: 'I Am Determined To Come To Grips With My Alcoholism'

James Kottak, the American drummer of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS, has released the following statement: "After years of drinking alcohol, on April 3rd, 2014 my addiction finally caught up with me during a five-hour flight from Ekaterinburg, Russia to Bahrain via Dubai, during which I consum...

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ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO: 'We Almost Have 12 Songs Already' For Next Album

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Do you think part of the energy on "Worship Music" came from [singer] Joey Belladonna's return to the band? Frank: Absolutely. J...

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URIAH HEEP: 'Outsider' EPK Available

The EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Outsider", the 24th studio album, and the first since 2011's "Into The Wild", from URIAH HEEP, one of the pivotal hard rock groups to emerge from England in the late 1960s, can be seen below. The CD will be released on June 9 in the U.K., June 6 in ...