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A Hell In Living Flesh

Blending thrash and death metal has always been a good idea, but currently there seems to be a small upsurge in examples of the form going on. Hooray for that. Returning after a reasonably lengthy hiatus, FLAYED DISCIPLE were always dedicated to a monstrous blurring of subgenre boundaries, and now t...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Says Early SLAYER Years Were 'Fun Times'

Legendary drummer Dave Lombardo, who is currently on the road with TESTAMENT, spoke about his former band SLAYER during a meet-and-greet before TESTAMENT's April 16 concert at Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Asked what his favorite memories are of his time with the thrash metal icons, L...

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JEFF WATERS Says Touring Will Be ANNIHILATOR's Focus: 'With 17 Records And 175 Songs, I Think I've Done My Time'

By David E. Gehlke Having relocated to the United Kingdom from his native Ottawa, Canada in 2018, ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters effectively went to where all the action is for his band. ANNIHILATOR has been a European tour and festival mainstay since the 1990s, with Waters's brand of off-beat, tec...

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ANDREAS GEREMIA Says TANKARD 'Failed' At Shedding 'Beer Metal' Image In The 1990s

By David E. Gehlke Frankfurt, Germany's TANKARD enjoyed the kind of hands-off relationship with their first record company, Noise Records, that their labelmates in CELTIC FROST, HELLOWEEN and KREATOR could have only dreamed of. Notoriously acerbic Noise head Karl-Ulrich Walterbach made it a point to...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says 'It Was Kind Of Hard' For BOBBY GUSTAFSON To Be Involved In New VIO-LENCE EP

By David E. Gehlke VIO-LENCE quietly, if not unceremoniously, bowed out in 1993 after the less-than-enthusiastic response to "Nothing To Gain". The album was perpetually delayed under a fog of creative squabbles and record company issues — usual roadblocks for the San Francisco Bay Area thrash bands...

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TESTAMENT Feat. DAVE LOMBARDO: Video Of Entire Albuquerque Concert

TESTAMENT, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL kicked off the 2022 edition of "The Bay Strikes Back Tour" on April 9 at the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California. The show marked TESTAMENT's first appearance with drummer Dave Lombardo since he rejoined the group earlier this year. Fan-filmed video of TE...

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Albuquerque's Metalhead Mayor Attends TESTAMENT, EXODUS And DEATH ANGEL Concert

Albuquerque, New Mexico's mayor Tim Keller attended TESTAMENT's concert last night (Saturday, April 16) at Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque as part of the band's "The Bay Strikes Back Tour" with EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL. Earlier today, TESTAMENT shared a photo of the entire band with Keller, apparently...

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ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Is 'Concerned' About Future Of Metal Music Once 'The Masters' Have Retired

In a new interview with Mike McMahan of San Antonio Current, ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz spoke about whether there will be another wave of metal bands who are able to ascend to an arena-level status to take the place of METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST upon their retirement. She said:...

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SAXON Releases Lyric Video For 'Super Nova'

British heavy metal legends SAXON have released the official lyric video for their new song "Super Nova". The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Carpe Diem". Produced by Andy Sneap (JUDAS PRIEST, EXODUS, ACCEPT) at Backstage Recording Studios in Derbyshire with singer Biff Byford and Snea...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Says 'A Lot' Of Guitarists Have Approached Him About Contributing To His Solo Album

In a new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for his upcoming first-ever solo album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I recruited guitar players and I told guitar players that I've recrui...

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Watch: TESTAMENT Plays First Show With Returning Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO

TESTAMENT, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL kicked off the 2022 edition of "The Bay Strikes Back Tour" this past Saturday night (April 9) at the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California. The show marked TESTAMENT's first appearance with drummer Dave Lombardo since he rejoined the group earlier this year...

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VIO-LENCE Singer Explains PHIL DEMMEL's Fill-In Gig With LAMB OF GOD: 'A Couple Of The Guys In The Band Are Not Down With Doing The Vaxx'

VIO-LENCE singer Sean Killian spoke to George Dionne of KNAC.COM about VIO-LENCE/ex-MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel's recent revelation that he will miss some of VIO-LENCE's upcoming gigs due to his touring commitments with other projects. Killian said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[Phil...

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TESTAMENT's ERIC PETERSON 'Has Been Stockpiling Riffs' For Next Studio Album

TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy spoke to "The Cassius Morris Show" about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2020's "Titans Of Creation" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Eric [Peterson, TESTAMENT guitarist], actually, during COVID, has been stockpi...

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JOE SATRIANI Recalls Giving Guitar Lessons To METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'He Was Such A Motivated Young Student'

In a new interview with Kylie Olsson's YouTube show "Life In Six Strings", Joe Satriani, who was a guitar teacher before he found fame with his 1987 album "Surfing With The Alien", spoke about what it was like giving lessons to one of his more famous students, METALLICA's Kirk Hammett. He said (as t...

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MACHINE HEAD To Release 'Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate' Single Next Week

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will release a new single and music video, "Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate", on Monday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. PDT. A short teaser clip is available below. MACHINE HEAD's new full-length album is tentatively due this summer. The follow-up to 2018's "Cat...