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SLAYER Frontman Hospitalized In Australia; Sydney Concert Canceled

SLAYER has canceled its appearance at the Sydney, Australia stop of the Soundwave festival after the band's bassist/vocalist Tom Araya was admitted to the hospital where he will be kept overnight. The Sydney appearance on Sunday, February 27 would have marked SLAYER's second show on the annual festi...

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SLAYER With EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT: First Video Footage From SOUNDWAVE Kick-Off Show

SLAYER has recruited Gary Holt from veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS to be SLAYER's guest guitarist, temporary filling in for Jeff Hanneman who is currently recovering from surgery. Holt is accompanying Tom Araya (bass, vocals),Kerry King (guitar) and Dave Lombardo (drums) on their f...

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DON DOKKEN: 'I Would Love To Do One Last CD With The Original Members'

DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken has issued the following update: "We're starting to write a new CD now [that] my voice problems have been hopefully fixed [after recently undergoing surgery]. "It's been very frustrating not to be able to sing a hundred percent. "For all of you that blasted me about smokin...

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BENEDICTUM Frontwoman Interviewed By ON TRACK MAGAZINE (Audio)

David Priest of OnTrackMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with BENEDICTUM vocalist Veronica Freeman. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. Interview: ...

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PERIPHERY Guitarists Talk Gear (Video)

Misha Mansoor and Alex Bois of the Maryland-based experimental, progressive metal six-piece PERIPHERY recently took time out to show the gear they use when on the road. The resulting 11-minute video, which was originally posted on the AllAxess.com web site, can be viewed below. AllAxess.com is the n...

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Will Thrash Metal's 'Big Four' Take Part In Another 'Jam' In California

When the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — played last summer at the Sonisphere festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, all the bands took the stage to perform DIAMOND HEAD's classic song "Am I Evil?" So when the groups all play at California's "Big Four" fe...

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DEMONICAL: New Album Details Revealed

DEMONICAL, the Swedish death metal band featuring past and present members from CENTINEX, GRAVE, REGURGITATE, INTERMENT, AMARAN, WORLD BELOW and DELLAMORTE, will release its third album, "Death Infernal", on April 15 via Germany's Cyclone Empire Records. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered at Ne...

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PEGAZUS: 'Haunting Me' Video Released

"Haunting Me", the new video from Australian metallers PEGAZUS, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on location in Melbourne, Australia and directed by Aaron McLoughlin and Judd Hyland. Commented PEGAZUS founding member and guitarist Johnny Stoj: "The 'Haunting Me' video shoot was personally my...

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SURTR To Release 'World Of Doom' In April

French doomsters SURTR will release their debut album, "World Of Doom", on April 29 except in France, U.K. and Ireland, where it will arrive on May 2. The cover artwork and layout are being designed by Christoph "Stripe" Schinzel (ANVIL, COUNT RAVEN, SODOM, VICIOUS RUMORS). According to a press rele...

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Former STATIC-X Bassist To Guest On DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Album

ASESINO bassist and vocalist Maldito X — otherwise known as Tony Campos (PRONG, MINISTRY, STATIC-X, POSSSESSED) — has the following to say about his guest lead vocal work for the song "Sigo Siendo El Rey", which will appear on "Satánico Dramático", the new album by Los Angeles extreme metal band DÍA...

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Beast

They couldn't have picked a better name. DEVILDRIVER's fifth full-length, "Beast", is arguably their most intense and spite-fueled effort to date. Where "Pray For Villains" saw the band place more focus on writing songs than crushing skulls, "Beast" is the byproduct of those two worlds violently col...

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BELIEVER: New Album Details Revealed

Reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER will release their new album, "Transhuman", in Europe on April 11 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Trauma Team Productions and was mixed by Kevin Gutierrez (RAVEN, PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, DECEASED, DYSRYTHMIA, GARDEN...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist: 'We Went In With A Mindset Of Wanting This Record To Be So Heavy'

Metal Callout recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Spreitzer of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Callout: Why did you choose the title "Beast" for your new album. Does it have any significant value behind it? Mike:...

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Former M.O.D., THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, HADES Members Join Forces In MURDER LEAGUE ALL-STARS

MURDER LEAGUE ALL-STARS, the new band featuring former members of M.O.D., HADES, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, AUTUMN HOUR, SHAT and TEN FEET FROM MURDER, is currently recording its debut album at Trax East Studios in South River New Jersey. A spring release is expected. The group was recently joined b...

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OBSCENITY Announces New Drummer, Guitarist

German death metallers OBSCENITY have been rejoined by drummer Sascha Knust (also ex-THE AWAKENING, SETHNEFER). The band has also recruited a new guitarist, Christoph Weerts (ex-ASSASINATED). OBSCENITY is currently demoing material for its eighth album, tentatively titled "All You Can Kill", for a l...