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MASTODON: Being Nominated For A GRAMMY Is 'A Huge Honor'

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON are among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band's Grammy nomination is for "Curl Of The Burl", the first single from MASTODON's new album, "The Hunter". At pres...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Joins MOTRHEAD On Stage In Germany (Video)

DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED the band led by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan played seven sold-out shows in Germany at the end of November as the opening act for MOTRHEAD. Video footage of McKagan performing the classic song "Killed By Death" with MOTRHEAD during the two bands' joint...

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MEGADETH Mainman Comments On Latest GRAMMY Nomination

MEGADETH is among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band's tenth Grammy nomination is for its new single, "Public Enemy No. 1", off MEGADETH's latest album, "TH1RT3EN", which came out on November 1. C...

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WARMACHINE To Film 'Moving On' Video

Toronto, Ontario, Canada's WARMACHINE will film a video for the song "Moving On" this Sunday, December 4 with director/producer Jeff Hazin of Obsolete Talko Productions. The band's first-ever clip will be shot in Toronto. "Moving On" comes off WARMACHINE's new album, "Left For Dead", which was relea...

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MEGADETH Bassist 'In Search Of Coffee And Postcards' In Costa Rica (Video)

A seven-minute video clip of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson travelling around central San Jose in Costa Rica earlier today (Thursday, December 1) in search of coffee and postcards can be seen below. MEGADETH is scheduled to perform tonight at Estadio Rosabal Cordero in Heredia, Costa Rica with supp...

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DREAM THEATER Is 'Honored And Thrilled' By First-Ever GRAMMY Nomination

Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER are among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Commented the band: "2011 has been quite an amazing year for us. We watched 'A Dramatic Turn Of Events' our eleventh stud...

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Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH Quits TESTAMENT

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has confirmed to U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine that drummer Paul Bostaph has left the band. Due to a "serious injury," Bostaph was absent from the recording sessions for TESTAMENT's new album, "The Dark Roots Of Earth", which is scheduled for release on April 27, 2012 via...

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DREAM THEATER, MEGADETH, MASTODON Among GRAMMY AWARDS Nominees

DREAM THEATER, MASTODON and MEGADETH are among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category are as follows: * DREAM THEATER - "On The Backs Of Angels"...

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COREY TAYLOR Talks Death Of PAUL GRAY, Touring With SLIPKNOT And Next STONE SOUR Album

Australia's Faster Louder recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Faster Louder: The white elephant in the room is obviously regarding the tragic death of [SLIPKNOT's] bassist, Paul Gray, it's obviously a di...

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Former, Current Members Of MEGADETH Discuss 'Peace Sells' Album On 'Mars Attacks' Podcast

Former and current members of MEGADETH David Ellefson, Chris Poland and Glen Drover can be heard discussing the band's classic "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" album in the latest edition of the "Mars Attacks: Classic Albums" podcast. You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below.

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says The U.S. Government Is Trying To Get Rid Of The Middle Class

Natalie Zina Walschots of Exclaim.ca recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim.ca: What are your current fixations? Mustaine: My current fixation is that I'm sadly mesmerized by watching the news and how the governme...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Sings MOTRHEAD's Praises

DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED the band led by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan is playing seven sold-out shows in Germany as the opening act for MOTRHEAD. In the latest installment of his ESPN.com blog, McKagan writes about his touring partners, "MOTRHEAD came to be sometime around 1979...

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ANTHRAX Bassist On 'Worship Music', Childhood Influences

Leslie Michele Derrough of GlideMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: The first thing I want to ask you, Frank, is if you can believe you have been in ANTHRAX over twenty years? Actually it's...

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MORTAL SIN: 'Blood Of My Enemies' Video Released

"Blood Of My Enemies", the new video from long-running Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Psychology Of Death", which was released in Europe on November 18 via NoiseArt Records. The effort includes the group's classic debut LP, "Mayhemic Des...

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MEGADETH: Video Footage Of Bolivia Press Conference

The four members of MEGADETH took part in a press conference at Hotel Europa in La Paz, Bolivia ahead of their November 25, 2011 headlining concert in the city. You can now watch video footage of the question-and-answer session below. MEGADETH's new album, "TH1RT3EN", sold 42,000 copies in the Unite...