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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Drummer Talks Reunion, Upcoming Studio Album

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS drummer Eric Kretz recently spoke to Steve Forstneger of the Illinois Entertainer about the band's decision to reunite in 2008 after a six-year layoff. According to Kretz, he welcomed the time apart. "That's when I started building my recording studio," he says. "Pretty much righ...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: 'If It Weren't For JAMES HETFIELD, I Literally Wouldn't Be Here'

Roadrunner Records has posted a new interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM as part of the label's "Gear Nerd" series, where Roadrunner talks to its artists about their instrument of choice and what fuels their passion, influences their sound and all about the speci...

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Metal Fans Worldwide Demand Cultural Recognition With 'International Day Of Slayer' Holiday

For the fourth year in a row, fans of heavy metal music unite on June 6 for the International Day of Slayer, a holiday to celebrate heavy metal. Metal fans are hoping for recognition of their culture and way of life as an elective culture of equal footing to other cultures and religions in our ...

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NECRODEATH: 'Mater Tenebrarum' Video Released

"Mater Tenebrarum", the new video from long-running Italian extreme metallers NECRODEATH, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's 25th-anniversary covers album, entitled "Old Skull". The CD, which was released on February 5, features guest appearances by members of influential Italian thr...

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KILLING MACHINE To Support AC/DC In France

KILLING MACHINE, which features in its ranks former members of SLAYER, TESTAMENT and EVERGREY, will support AC/DC on the French Leg of the "Black Ice Tour" next month. The two shows will take place at Parc Des Sports Charles Ehrmann in Nice on June 15 and the Stade De France in Paris on June 18. ...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman On Life In Ireland, Touring The U.S.

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with PRIMORDIAL frontman Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill in which the vocalist gave his opinions on the state of life in the band's native Ireland and his experiences touring in the U.S. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. The Obelisk: In one...

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REVOLVER's GOLDEN GODS AWARDS Issue Features All-Star Cover

On stands now, the 2010 Revolver magazine Golden Gods issue is not to be missed. The double-sized issue boasts an all-star cover featuring the Revolver Golden Gods Awards winners, performers and presenters — including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD, Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST, Dave Gro...

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GLENN DANZIG To Appear At Toronto's RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR

Glenn Danzig will make an appearance at the Rue Morgue Festival Of Fear, set to take place August 27-29, 2010 in the South Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Rue Morgue Festival Of Fear is Canada's largest horror expo, attracting an average of 40,000-plu...

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SLAYER Drummer Discusses PHILM Project

On May 4, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate PHILM — featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR). Watch the chat in thre...

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FORBIDDEN: New Album Update

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN are continuing work on their new album, "Omega Wave", at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studios in Livermore, California. The CD artwork has been commissioned from Kent Mathieu (FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, AUTOPSY, EXHORDER). The album is being produced by FORB...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN On BUSH Vs. BELLADONNA: 'We Didn't Need A Bird, We Needed A Lion'

Video footage of ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's appearance on the March 13, 2010 episode of VH1's "That Metal Show" (which was apparently taped in January) in which he offers his opinion on who the "best singer for ANTHRAX" is can be viewed below. (Note: The segment in question begins around the one-...

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It's Official: JOEY BELLADONNA Rejoins ANTHRAX For Tour, Studio Album

With rumors swirling since ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello were seen together with former ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna late last month in New York, the band — Benante, Bello, and guitarists Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano — is elated to announce that Belladonna has officially...

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Evil Power

You can always count on LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR to kick it old school, kick pretense to the curb, and kick out the motherfuckin' jams. They've done it consistently over the course of three excellent albums of barbarian metal — "Carnage", "The Ultimate Destroyer", and "War Metal Battle Master" (all on S...

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Texas Metal Archives, Volume 1

There are two types of music fans in the world. One type, and I'd say they're in the majority, would look at a compilation like this and say "what the hell? I've never heard of any of these bands!" and put it back on the shelf. If you're among this group, then it's time for ...

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Everyone Dies Alone

As far as retro-thrash categorization is concerned one could — at least in broad terms — divide up the pack into three influence classifications: (1) EXODUS; (2) SLAYER; and (3) TESTAMENT. Sure, you can slice and dice in an array of other acts, everyone from NUCLEAR ASSAULT to any one of the major T...