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SLAYER Drummer On 'World Painted Blood': 'It's A Very Well-Constructed And Put-Together Album'

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Since "Psychopathy Red" is the only thing anyone has heard from the [upcoming SLAYER] album ["World Painted Blood"] so far, the $64,000 question is...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: Another New Song Posted Online

Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY have posted a brand new song, "Regurgitated Disinformation", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's highly anticipated sophomore album, "Ruination", which is scheduled for release on July 7 via Metal Blade Records. The 10-song follo...

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SOULFLY Frontman Recalls 'Puking' On EDDIE VEDDER

In a revealing interview with author Joel McIver for Performing Musician magazine, SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera discusses the art of playing live, the rigors of touring — and an unfortunate incident involving PEARL JAM. "I puked on Eddie Vedder once," Cavalera told McIver. "It was on a SEPULTURA an...

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MEGADETH Performs New Song 'Headcrusher' For First Time; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH performing a brand new track entitled "Headcrusher" last night (Wednesday, June 24) at the General Motors Place (commonly known as GM Place) in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada can be viewed below (courtesy of "groo74"). MEGADETH and SLAYER kicked off...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On 'Endgame': 'I've Made The Record Of My Career'

Darryl Sterdan of Sun Media recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On touring with SLAYER again (as part of of the "Canadian Carnage" run) after so many years: Mustaine: "This tour's going to be outrageous. It has been quite so...

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SLAYER And MEGADETH Kick Off 'Canadian Carnage' Tour; Photos, Video Footage Available

Tom Harrison of The Province reviewed the opening night of the "Canadian Carnage" tour, which kicked off last night (Wednesday, June 24) at the General Motors Place (commonly known as GM Place) in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. According to Harrison, "only" 6,000 people showed up at t...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO: 'You Can Have Very Dark, Extreme Music With Melody'

Darryl Sterdan of Sun Media recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On touring with MEGADETH again (as part of of the "Canadian Carnage" run) after so many years: Lombardo: "Obviously, we go back to the '80s. We did Clash of the T...

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SLAYER: Autographed KERRY KING Guitar Up For Grabs!

In honor of tonight's "Canadian Carnage" show at GM Place in Vancouver — featuring MEGADETH, SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, and SUICIDE SILENCE — Live Nation has teamed up with BLABBERMOUTH.NET to give away an autographed Kerry King signature guitar. Click here to enter. (Note: Today is the official close da...

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MACHINA: New Single To Be Mixed By TOBY WRIGHT

MACHINA, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based band featuring former EVANESCENCE and current WE ARE THE FALLEN members John LeCompt and Rocky Gray, has issued the following update: "We are entering the studio to mix the first single from the soon-to-be-released [MACHINA debut album], 'To Live And Die In T...

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MUSICA DIABLO Guitarist Interviewed On 'Vulgar's Pit'; Audio Available

MUSICA DIABLO guitarist Andre NM (also of NITROMINDS) was recently interviewed on the "Vulgar's Pit" show on Wildlife Radio. The program is now available for streaming at this location. MUSICA DIABLO is the São Paulo, Brazil-based thrash metal project featuring SEPULTURA singer Derrick Green, Andre...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Talks About 'World Painted Blood'

By Keith Bergman Just as it's impossible to fully calculate the influence of SLAYER on heavy metal, it's hard to imagine where metal drumming would be without their founding skinsman Dave Lombardo. His forceful fills, precision double-bass work and breakneck thrashing inspired and influenced a gener...

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ANVIL: 'The Story' Soundtrack To Be Released In North America And Japan

The U.K. release of the soundtrack to ANVIL's the critically acclaimed documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" has been cancelled. It was to include the new recording "Thumb Hang". However, a soundtrack will be released in North America and Japan. The track listing will be different and will include...

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SLAYER Guitarist On MUSTAINE, Fear Of Flying, Death And Forthcoming Album

Francois Marchand of the Canwest News Service recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kerry King of Californian thrashers SLAYER. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On his fear of flying: "I like to think I'm pretty well-rounded, but one thing that worries me, especially if we haven't...

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ANVIL To Support AC/DC In Moncton

Canadian heavy metal legends ANVIL have landed a third gig as the support band for the Anglo-Australian rockers AC/DC: August 6 at Magnetic Hill in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. As previously reported, ANVIL will also open for AC/DC at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on July 28 a...

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MEGADETH To Perform New Song 'Headcrusher' On 'Canadian Carnage' Tour

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has recorded a new audio message for TheLiveLine, a service he launched that enables musicians to connect to their audience over the phone. He said, "I'm on my way home from rehearsal right now. It's going pretty good. We've got our dozen songs that we're gonna be play...