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TERROR SYNDROME To Make Live Debut Next Month

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, will make its live debut on October 28 at the Tom Lee Music Hall in Vancouver as part of the Vancouver Drum Festival presented by Tom Lee Music. Commented Ryan: "I was...

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KIRK HAMMETT: If We Stray Too Far From Signature METALLICA Sound, Our Fans Get Impatient

Guitar World magazine conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett for its December 2008 issue. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: One of your thrash metal contemporaries, Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT, has recorded a couple of straight-up jazz albums as the...

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SLASH, JOE PERRY Featured On 'Les Paul & Friends - A Tribute To A Legend'

Immergent Records will release "Les Paul & Friends - A Tribute To A Legend" on September 30. This "tribute" to the beloved living music legend Les Paul, produced by Bob Cutarella (ERIC CLAPTON, STING, JOSS STONE, ALISON KRAUSS, JEFF BECK),includes performances from Slash, Joe Bonamassa, Richie...

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DIRGE Announces Shows With DOPE

DIRGE, the new extreme metal band featuring ex-SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA),former A TEXAS FUNERAL vocalist Jerms, bassist Brian Paz and guitarist Matt Szlachta, will support DOPE on the following dates: Oct. 23 - The Machine Sh...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT Talks About KURT COBAIN; Video Available

SPIN.com has posted exclusive video clip from "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" of METALLICA's Kirk Hammett talking about how NIRVANA's Kurt Cobain was a METALLICA fan when they first met. This footage didn't make it on to the DVD, but you can view the clip on SPIN.com. "Get Thrashed: The St...

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TERROR SYNDROME Joined By ANNIHILATOR Frontman

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, has parted ways with vocalist Denton Bramley. According to Ryan, "All four of us came to an agreement that this was the best decision for everyone involved. There are n...

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'Metal Feast' With Members Of CHILDREN OF BODOM, TESTAMENT, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have announced a special New York City-area promotion centered around their October 9 appearance at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Sponsored by Sirius Satellite Radio, The Aquarian Weekly, retailers Vintage Vinyl and Looney Tunes and WSOU, the promotion provides a once...

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ZIMMERS HOLE Covers OLD MAN'S CHILD's 'Doommaker'; Audio Available

ZIMMERS HOLE — the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD alongside legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DEATH, DARK ANGEL) — recently recorded a cover version of the OLD MAN'S CHILD song "Doommaker" for the Cen...

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HALCYON WAY Signs With NIGHTMARE RECORDS

Atlanta's progressive power/thrash band HALCYON WAY has inked a deal with U.S. label Nightmare Records. The group's debut CD, "A Manifesto For Domination", will be released worldwide on November 11, 2008. "A Manifesto For Domination" was produced by guitarist Jon Bodan, mixed by Lasse Lammert (ALEST...

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SADUS: Footage From Brazil's SETEMBRO NEGRO FESTIVAL Posted Online

Video footage of long-running San Francisco Bay Area thrashers SADUS performing the songs "Sick" and "Unreality" on September 19, 2008 at the Setembro Negro Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil can be viewed below (footage uploaded by "periclesbarbosa"). The End Records released SADUS' latest album, entitl...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO To Guest On Next Weekend's 'Hair Metal Haven'

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) will be interviewed by Chris Nelson on next weekend's edition of "Hair Metal Haven" on Rock 247 Online. The show will be broadcast between 17.00 and 19.00 GMT on Saturday, September 27. To listen to the pr...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says 'The Ritual' Album Was 'Just A Big Compromise'

TESTAMENT members Eric Peterson (guitar) and Chuck Billy (vocals) recently spoke to the UK's Terrorizer magazine (web site) about the accusations that they dampened down their sound in the early '90s in order to reconnect dwindling audiences, who diverted their attentions up north to the growing gru...

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THE CLAN DESTINED's 'In The Big Ending' To See Light Of Day In October

THE CLAN DESTINED, the pagan collective featuring SABBAT/former SKYCLAD frontman Martin Walkyier, will release its album, "In The Big Ending", on October 31 via Lime Records. Produced by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, EXODUS) and James Murphy (DEATH, OBITUARY, TESTAMENT),the CD comes with a limi...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers Schedule More Radio Appearances

Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will guest on this Monday's (September 22) edition...

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Reactivated SARCASTIC Rejoined By Ex-DEATHSTARS Guitarist

Reactivated Swedish thrashers SARCASTIC have issued the following update: "We had our first rehersal with our old guitar player and friend Erik 'Beast' Halvorsen (SWORDMASTER, DEATHSTARS) this weekend (September 12). This was the first time since back in 1997. It was a blast and it felt like back in...