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SERJ TANKIAN Says SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Don't See 'Eye To Eye' On How To Proceed With New Album

SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian has confirmed to Rolling Stone that the band has attempted to make a possible follow-up to "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" albums, which came out in 2005. "We've discussed it and we've played each other songs, but we still haven't come eye to eye on how things should...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Doesn't Believe There Will Be More 'Big Four' Shows In The Future

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that he doesn't think there will be more shows featuring the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. The four influential acts played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at the...

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Video: GUS G.'s New Power-Trio Solo Band Performs In Brooklyn

Fan-filmed video footage of Gus G.'s December 7 performance at St. Vitus in Brooklyn, New York can be seen below. The Greek guitar virtuoso, well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, kicked off his North American tour with...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Is 'More Interested In Writing Instrumental Pieces Of Music': 'Screw Vocals,' He Says

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian, who has two new film scores under his belt, was asked in an interview with Russia's Expert magazine if he finds it hard, as an outstanding singer, to write scores without vocals. "Screw vocals," he responded. "I'm tired of it. "During a conversation with a fr...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Stands By Statement That PUTIN Is 'Telling The Truth', Says TRUMP Is 'Really Trying To Do A Good Job'

Joe Lynn Turner says that he still stands by his comment that Vladimir Putin is the only world leader "telling the truth," explaining that "there's more freedom in Russia" than there is in the United States of America. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer made headlines in 2015 when it was reve...

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Former OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist GUS G. Signs Solo Deal With AFM RECORDS; New Album Due In April

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, has signed a worldwide deal with AFM Records for his solo band. "I'm very excited and happy to confirm that I've signed a worldwide solo record deal wi...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Guitarist Says He 'Became Close' With AXL ROSE During Making Of 'Chinese Democracy'

One little-known fact about guitarist Billy Howerdel is that before forming A PERFECT CIRCLE with TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan in 2000, he spent a couple of years working on the GUNS N' ROSES album "Chinese Democracy". Howerdel told Meltdown of the WRIF radio station what he contributed to the r...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman SERJ TANKIAN Releases 'Intent To Destroy' And 'Furious' Film Scores

Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter, poet and visual artist Serj Tankian has added two more scores to his expanding repertoire of film composing. Lakeshore Records released Tankian's "Intent To Destroy - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" digitally on November 17 o...

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Video Premiere: A PERFECT CIRCLE's 'The Doomed'

A PERFECT CIRCLE has released the official music video for "The Doomed", the first new music to be heard from the band's expected 2018 album. The clip, which was directed by Jeremy Danger and Travis Shinn, arrives as the band is in the final two weeks of its North American tour. A PERFECT CIRCLE als...

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Watch FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Perform In Moscow

Fan-filmed video footage of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's November 9 concert at Stadium Live in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. As previously reported, lyrics from the FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH song "Wash It All Away" were used to criticize the United States in an op-ed essay written by a top aide to Ru...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Lyrics Used In Russian Editorial Criticizing The U.S.

Lyrics from a FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH song have been used in an essay from a Russian presidential aide arguing that the West is suffering from "a crisis of hypocrisy." Putin adviser Vladislav Surkov penned a cryptic column for the state-run news channel RT on Tuesday in which he quoted words from th...

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Heavy Metal Singer Becomes Virginia's First Openly Transgender Legislator

Danica Roem, who on Tuesday (November 7) became the first openly transgender person elected to a U.S. statehouse seat, is a longtime lead singer of a metal band called CAB RIDE HOME. Democrat Roem, a former journalist for the Montgomery County Sentinel and a lifelong resident of Manassas, Virgina, d...

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SAMMY HAGAR's Next Recording Project Will Either Be CHICKENFOOT's Third Album Or THE CIRCLE's Studio Debut

Sammy Hagar says that his next recording project will either be the third album from CHICKENFOOT or the first studio effort from THE CIRCLE. CHICKENFOOT, which features the former VAN HALEN frontman alongside legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PE...

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BILLY HOWERDEL: A PERFECT CIRCLE's Next Album Will Contain 'Some Of The Best Songs We've Ever Done'

A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel says that the band's upcoming album contains "some of the best songs we've ever done." A week ago, A PERFECT CIRCLE released a new tune called "The Doomed". Aside from a sole studio track, "By And Down", released in 2013, and two new songs debuted on its tou...

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Former ACCEPT Singer DAVID REECE To Perform Entire 'Eat The Heat' Album

Former ACCEPT singer David Reece will embark on European tour next year on which he will perform the band's "Eat The Heat" album in its entirety. The current SAINTED SINNERS vocalist was recruited for "Eat The Heat" in 1989 following the departure of Udo Dirkschneider. Reece's higher-pitched deliver...