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MEGADETH Mainman Is 'Excited' About Resuming Work On New Album

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "As we near the time where all of our gear will be returning from [the recently completed 'Priest Feast' [European tour with JUDAS PRIEST and TESTAMENT], I can't help but get excited about picking up [with the recording of the new MEGAD...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Interviewed In Stuttgart; Video Available

German rock and metal show "Rockers' Resort" conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT on March 8, 2009 at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany during the band's "Priest Feast" tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADETH. Watch the chat below. TESTAMENT...

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PITCH BLACK FORECAST Recording New Album

PITCH BLACK FORECAST, the project featuring vocalist Jason "J" Popson (MUSHROOMHEAD, IN COLD BLOOD, Fractured Transmitter Records),drummer Gene Hoglan (DETHKLOK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, DARK ANGEL, TESTAMENT),guitarist Robert Reinard (NDE) and bassist Steve Rauckhorst (INTEGRITY, KERATOMA),wi...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: Why I Turned Down METALLICA's ROCK HALL Invitation

In an interview conducted by Daniel Josefsson of Sweden's Close-Up magazine on February 28, 2009 at the Stockholm stop on MEGADETH's "Priest Feast" tour (with JUDAS PRIEST and TESTAMENT),the band's mainman Dave Mustaine revealed some of the details of his upcoming autobiography, which is tentativel...

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IN THIS MOMENT, ALEX SKOLNICK Featured In Latest 'Robb's MetalWorks' Episode

San Antonio cult TV show "Robb's MetalWorks" has posted its February 2009 episode featuring an interview with guitarist Chris Howorth and bassist Jesse Landry of IN THIS MOMENT shot at the band's fall 2008 stop in San Antonio in support of "The Dream" LP. Also included is an exclusive chat with TEST...

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EXODUS Bassist Offering Video Lessons

The PlayThisRiff.com web site, which charges $9.99 for a monthly membership, has announced that it now features bass lesson videos from bassist Jack Gibson of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. Learn how to play the songs "A Lesson in Violence", "Bonded by Blood" and "Deathamphetamine". A...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN To Release New Album In October

JON OLIVA'S PAIN drummer Christopher Kinder has issued the following update: "JON OLIVA'S PAIN is currently in final negotiations with AFM Records for the release of our fourth CD (due out October 2009) and our first live DVD, to be filmed in early 2010. We are planning a two-hour show with a setlis...

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UNEARTH Comments On Upcoming North American Tour With TESTAMENT

New England metal giants UNEARTH are currently gearing up for their upcoming tour with TESTAMENT, which kicks off on May 2 in Seattle. The band is touring to support their critically acclaimed album, "The March", which hit streets on October 14, 2008 and debuted at No. 45 on The Billboard 200. Revol...

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SAXON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAG...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed In Amsterdam; Video Available

Holland's Toazted conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area heavy metal legends TESTAMENT when the band played Amsterdam on March 23, 2009 as part of the "Priest Feast" European tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADETH. Watch the chat below. TESTAMENT played its first two...

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JUDAS PRIEST's DOWNING, TIPTON Talk To TOAZTED; Video Available

Holland's Toazted conducted an interview with K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST when the band played Amsterdam on March 23, 2009 as part of the "Priest Feast" European tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. Watch the chat in two parts below. JUDAS PRIEST will celeb...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Discusses New Album

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have completed work on their sixth album — the band's first to be released through their own label in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group and Ferret Music. Tentatively due in September, the CD was recorded primarily at Planet Z in Hadley...

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SUSPERIA: New Album Details Revealed

Norway's SUSPERIA has set "Attitude" as the title of its fifth album, due later in the year via Candlelight Records. Recorded in Norway, the follow-up to 2007's "Cut From Stone" was mixed at Studio Fredman in Sweden and features guest appearances by Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT) and Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR...

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JUDAS PRIEST: San Sebastian Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's March 13, 2009 concert in San Sebastian, Spain as part of the "Priest Feast" European tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT can be viewed below (courtesy of "ripwild"). JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has told Billboard.com that plans are still afoot to stage...

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TESTAMENT To Headline Poland's KNOCK OUT FESTIVAL

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will headline the Knock Out Festival, set to take place July 11-12, 2009 at Stadion WKS Wawel in Kraków, Poland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TESTAMENT THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN MESHUGGAH CYNIC HATESPHERE BLINDEAD HORRORSCOPE For more info...