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Video: MEGADETH Bassist Checks Out Damage Caused By Superstorm Sandy

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson visited Long Island, New York to check out some of the damage caused by superstorm Sandy prior to the band's November 10 performance at The Paramount in Huntington on the "Countdown To Extinction" 20th-anniversary tour. Check out the footage below. Thousands of Long I...

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Legendary Metal Cover Artist ED REPKA Interviewed By METAL RULES! TV (Video)

Metal Rules! TV conducted an interview with legendary metal artist Ed Repka (MEGADETH, MISFITS, DEATH) at the end of last month at the Chiller Theatre toy, model and film expo in Parsippany, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. Repka's work not only speaks for itself, it screams for itself!...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: 'Big Four' Shows 'Gave Us The Kick In The Ass To Keep Moving Forward'

Ronan McGreevy of The Irish Times recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the split with singer Dan Nelson after completing work on the first version of "Worship Music": Scott: "That was the most confusing moment in all my...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Love Our Country And I Love Our People'

Earlier this week, Darren Pope of Examiner.com conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On politics and this week's U.S. presidential elections: Mustaine: "It's disappointing that people get so uptight about it, so there's not reall...

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MEGADETH Bassist Talks About His Limited-Edition BEAMZ Player Product (Video)

Beamz Interactive, Inc., an interactive music product and technology company, has announced the availability of its Limited Edition David Ellefson Beamz Player interactive music product. This new limited edition product features the signature of the legendary thrash metal MEGADETH bassist David Elle...

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ACCEPT: Tampere Fan-Filmed Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of ACCEPT's November 6 performance at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland can be seen below. ACCEPT's new album, "Stalingrad", sold around 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 81 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD...

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ANTHRAX Bassist: 'We're More Relevant Than Ever'

ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello was interviewed on the November 2-4 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Intervie...

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MEGADETH Bassist: 'DAVE MUSTAINE's Guitar Playing Was The Invention Of Thrash'

ThePogg.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThePogg.com: Having really driven a whole musical sound, do you feel that there was a pivotal point in your career that really influenced the direction that thrash metal...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Reflects On 'Countdown To Extinction'

ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "Countdown To Extinction" now? Mustaine: It was very fun....

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: New Audio Interview Posted Online

On October 24, GuitarEuroShop.com conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman at Le Vox in Toulon, France during the "Guitar Universe 2012" European tour with Israel's Yossi Sassi (ORPHANED LAND) and France's Stéphan Forté (ADAGIO). You can now listen to the chat in the You...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's LA TORRE: There Is 'Severe' Difference In Sound Between New Songs & Last Few CDs

The Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE is currently working on material for a new studio album for a tentative early 2013 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. In a posting on his official Facebook page, La Torre — who is also a member of Florida melodic metallers CRIMSON GLORY...

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ACCEPT: New Video Interview With WOLF HOFFMANN

Dave Bertram of Sweden's Access: Rock recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. You can watch the chat below. ACCEPT's new album, "Stalingrad", sold around 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position N...

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TAYLOR: 'No One Should Ever Put A Microphone In Front Of MUSTAINE's Face Unless He's On Stage'

Nick Snelling of MetalSucks conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he — given his voice is getting lower and lower — is worried he will eventually morph into Phil Anselmo: Taylor: "Umm… not really, no. I...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON, BRODERICK Schedule Reno Meet-And-Greet

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and guitarist Chris Broderick will take part in a Jackson-sponsored meet-and-greet on Monday, December 3 at 6 p.m. at Bizarre Guitar in Reno, Nevada. The 20th-anniversary edition of MEGADETH's 1992 double platinum-certified "Countdown To Extinction" album is being rel...

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MACHINE HEAD Still Too 'Violent' For DISNEY

MACHINE HEAD will not appear at the December 4 stop of the DETHKLOK tour at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida, a property owned by The Walt Disney Company. DETHKLOK, ALL THAT REMAINS and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will still play the show as scheduled. While no one is willing to provide evidence t...