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DEATH ANGEL's WILL CARROLL Is Back Behind Drum Kit Two Months After COVID-19 Near-Death Experience
DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll has returned behind the kit for the first time since spending almost two weeks on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at a Northern California hospital. The musician — who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus — first got sick whe...May 29, 2020
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CLIFF BURTON's Pre-METALLICA Band TRAUMA To Release Fourth Album In The Fall
Late 2020 will prove to be a busy time for first-wave thrash metallists TRAUMA, as they will release their fourth full-length album and tour throughout Europe on a bill also featuring ROSS THE BOSS and BURNING WITCHES. Comprised of Donny Hillier (lead vocals),Kris Gustofson (drums),Greg Christian...May 28, 2020
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EXODUS And OVERKILL Members Join Forces For Quarantine Cover Of MEGADETH's 'Wake Up Dead'
OVERKILL/SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has teamed up with EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza, EXODUS bassist Jack Gibson and ANGOR/ex-SHADOWS FALL guitarist Felipe Roa to record a quarantine cover version of MEGADETH's "Wake Up Dead", with each musician separated in his own home. Bittner uploade...May 26, 2020
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DEATH ANGEL Drummer Says His 'Meeting' With Satan While In Coronavirus Coma Has Been Blown 'Way Out Of Proportion'
DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll says that too much has been made of the fact that he had dreams of visiting the afterlife before waking up from a 12-day coma after testing positive for coronavirus. The 47-year-old musician was hospitalized at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco a...May 23, 2020
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VIO-LENCE Singer SEAN KILLIAN Says New EP Will Be 'Bridge' Between First Two Albums And 1993 Demo
Vocalist Sean Killian of reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE spoke to the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new EP, tentatively due in 2021 via Metal Blade Records. Asked what the new material sounds like, Sean said (hear au...May 21, 2020
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TESTAMENT Is Thinking About Staging Virtual Concert During Coronavirus Pandemic
TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson spoke to Metal Master Kingdom 's Alex Stojanovic about how he is dealing with the coronavirus crisis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic. Asked what the TESTAMENT guys are doing to generate revenue while they are unable to tour, Eric said: "Be...May 20, 2020
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DEATH ANGEL Drummer On His COVID-19 Recovery: 'I Truly Believe A Higher Power Saved Me'
DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll says that he "strongly" believes "everyone's collective prayers and positive energy" played a big part in his recovery when he recently woke up from a 12-day coma after testing positive for coronavirus. The 47-year-old musician was hospitalized at the California Paci...May 20, 2020
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VIO-LENCE Has 'Two Songs Done' For Comeback EP
Guitarist Phil Demmel of reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE spoke to EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza's YouTube channel, Zetro's Toxic Vault, about the progress of the songwriting sessions for VIO-LENCE's new EP, tentatively due in 2021 via Metal Blade Records. He said (see video...May 17, 2020
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VOLBEAT Releases Animated Video For 'Leviathan'
Danish/American rockers VOLBEAT have released a new animated video for "Leviathan", the latest single off the band's seventh studio album, "Rewind, Replay, Rebound". "Leviathan" was directed and animated by Steven Mertens and is based on a painting by Karsten Sand that originally appeared in the alb...May 14, 2020
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Palace For The Insane
It is probably due to British thrash metal's failure to ever produce a world-beating band that SHRAPNEL have yet to truly register on the global radar. In terms of quality, you may find it hard to fault anything the band have released to date: both 2014's "The Virus Conspires" and 2017's "Raised On...May 13, 2020
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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY: WILL CARROLL 'Should Have Said Something' If He Thought He Had Contracted COVID-19
TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy doesn't know exactly how he contracted COVID-19 but he believes he might have gotten it from DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll, who almost died from the disease after the two bands toured Europe together. Carroll, who spent almost two weeks on a ventilator in an intensive...May 6, 2020
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EXODUS's GARY HOLT Opens Up About His COVID-19 Diagnosis: 'It Felt Like Having A Really Nasty Flu'
In a brand new interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn's "No Fuckin' Regrets With Robb Flynn" podcast, EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt talked about his COVID-19 diagnosis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic. The San Francisco Bay Area-based axeman, whose wife was also teste...May 2, 2020
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CLUTCH Releases New Version Of 'Smoke Banshee' As Part Of 'Weathermaker Vault Series'
Maryland rockers CLUTCH have released a new studio recording of the track "Smoke Banshee". The single is the latest in a series of new studio recordings that comprise the "Weathermaker Vault Series". The original version of "Smoke Banshee" appeared on CLUTCH's 2001 album "Pure Rock Fury". "As 2019 d...May 1, 2020
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EXODUS's Next Album Will Be 'Pretty Damn Heavy,' Says STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA
EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza has offered an update on his bandmate Gary Holt, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, after returning from a European tour with TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL. Speaking in a new video on his YouTube channel, Zetro's Toxic...April 30, 2020
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Watch More Previously Unseen Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA
The first of three episodes of the revamped 2020 "Menza Mega Video Vault" featuring the late MEGADETH drummer behind the camera filming some very rare unreleased intimate and funny backstage moments can be seen below. The 10-minute episode is hosted by EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza. "Behind Th...April 27, 2020
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