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THE DEFILED: 'Daggers' Cover Artwork Revealed

U.K. modern metallers THE DEFILED will release their second album, "Daggers", on August 2 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The cover artwork was designed and executed by Scott Chalmers, the band's longtime photographer. Keyboardist The AvD explains the concept: "Daggers were made for only one thing...
May 24, 2013
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Acclaimed Filmmaker's Dream Project: Japanese Anime Documentary On MÖTLEY CRÜE

Brett Morgen, director of THE ROLLING STONES documentary "Crossfire Hurricane", would love to make an all-anime version of MÖTLEY CRÜE's story. Morgen, whose next project is a documentary on the late NIRVANA leader Kurt Cobain, tells World Entertainment News Network: "A dream project of mine is to d...
May 24, 2013
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Video: JUDAS PRIEST Singer Talks About His Collaboration With FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST recently spoke to Artisan News about his collaboration with Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH on the first single from their upcoming album, called "Lift Me Up". Check out the clip below. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH introduced "Lift Me Up", via a live appearance at...
May 22, 2013
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METALLICA Drummer Doesn't Rule Out Getting Into Movie Directing

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich is at the Cannes Film Festival in France, where he has done a couple of video interviews to talk about the band's movie, "Metallica Through The Never", which is due for release this fall. Ulrich is at the festival to help sell the film to international distributors. Ask...
May 21, 2013
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LINKIN PARK Singer Will Play More Shows, Make More Music With STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington surprised fans on Saturday (May 18),taking the stage with the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS at the 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, California. This marked the first public appearance for the three non-singing group members since firing Scott Weiland earlier in the ye...
May 20, 2013
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STP Join Forces With CHESTER BENNINGTON For Surprise Performance, Studio Recording

Fans attending KROQ's annual Weenie Roast in Irvine, California on Saturday, May 18 got a real surprise when STONE TEMPLE PILOTS took the stage unannounced, for a blistering set with Chester Bennington of LINKIN PARK as lead vocalist. The crowd went wild as the band performed STP classics like "Sex...
May 19, 2013
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CBS 8 Video Report On AS I LAY DYING Frontman's Bail Review Hearing

CBS8.com has uploaded a three-minute video report on AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis's bail review hearing, which took place yesterday afternoon (Friday, May 17) in Vista Superior Court in Vista, California. Check it out below. Lambesis, who was charged last week with trying to hire a hitman to...
May 18, 2013
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ROB HALFORD: 'We Need To Get Back Into The Groove Of Metal, Heavy Riffs, And Screaming Vocals'

Robert Cavuoto of Guitar International recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar International: Some of the songs performed on your new DVD, "Epitaph", are 20, 30, and even 40 years old....
May 18, 2013
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Lawyer: Steroid Use Is To Blame For AS I LAY DYING Frontman's Murder-For-Hire Plot

According to NBC San Diego, AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis — who was charged last week with trying to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife — had his bail lowered from $3 million to $2 million during a hearing this afternoon (Friday, May 17). Lambesis, who has said he ...
May 17, 2013
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WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH Says It Will Picket SLAYER Guitarist's Memorial Celebration

Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has announced via Twitter that it will picket the public memorial celebration for late SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, which will be held May 23 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event will be free and open to the public on a fi...
May 16, 2013
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Black Out the Sun

SEVENDUST is one of those rare bands that generally gets a pass from the metal community no matter how much they've veered towards AOR. Part of it is because the band's riffs are historically tighter than a double stitch and thicker than a lug nut. Part of it's because Lajon Witherspoon is the defin...
May 15, 2013
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Ghosts of Proxima Centauri

Charlottesville, Virginia's CORSAIR is one of those bands whose vintage sound could just as well have been recorded last week or in 1971; which is why the somewhat ass-backwards reissue of their 2011 EP, "Ghosts of Proxima Centauri", shortly after the release of a self-titled full-length through Sha...
May 15, 2013
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'Why I Hate Frequency Unknown' Contestants React To GEOFF TATE's Video Response

Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records launched a contest on April 26 for the best video rant on "how much you hate" "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE. The winner is being offered a free VIP trip to the June 29 show by Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE in Seattle along...
May 15, 2013
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Single Featuring ROB HALFORD: Official Lyric Video Available

Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH introduced the first single from their upcoming album, called "Lift Me Up", via a live appearance at the Revolver Golden Gods on May 2 in Los Angeles. The performance featured a special surprise guest — Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST — who also appears on the...
May 15, 2013
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THE CULT To Perform Entire 'Electric' Album On Upcoming Tour

THE CULT will perform its 1987 album "Electric", raw and unfiltered, on tour in 2013, an event branded as "Electric 13". Until now, THE CULT have never performed the album in its entirety. The live show will also include a second set pulling from the band's eight other studio albums. Commented THE C...
May 13, 2013