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EXODUS Drummer Talks About The Resurgence Of Thrash

Away-Team recently conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat folow below. Away-Team: When "The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A" was released; I think it was Gary [Holt, guitar] that said in an interview, that this...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS To Headline First 'St. Jude Rock 'N Roll Hope Show'

The newly created St. Jude Rock 'n Roll Hope Show will kick off July 1 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California with rock icons STONE TEMPLE PILOTS headlining the first show. Tickets are set to go on sale to the public on Saturday, June 6 and will benefit St. Jude Children's Research ...

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Revamped THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER Back On The HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Bill

Lead vocalist Gord "The Exalted Piledriver" Kirchin of the Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) has announced that the group is back on the billing of this year's Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 23-25, 2009 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. Add...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'A Touch of Evil: Live' Samples Available

Audio samples of four songs from JUDAS PRIEST's forthcoming "A Touch of Evil: Live" live album — "Painkiller", "Eat Me Alive", "Beyond The Realms Of Death" and "Death" — are available for streaming using the ReverbNation TuneWidget below. JUDAS PRIEST has chosen 10 songs not previously released in l...

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Exclusive: SLAYER's New Album Title Revealed!

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal that California thrashers SLAYER have set "World Painted Blood" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late summer via American Recordings/Columbia Records. The forthcoming CD is being produced by Greg Fidelman and will include the album's title trac...

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SLAYER Frontman's Sister Dies Of Cancer

Anamaria Araya, the older sister of SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, died on June 1 after a 13-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 55 years old. Says her daughter Andrea: "First of all, I would like to say thank you for your continued support and comforting words. I appreciate all of your tho...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist To Guest On 'Hard Rock Nights'

Guitarist K.K. Downing of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will guest on the "Hard Rock Nights" show on the Cincinnati, Ohio radio station WMWX-FM this Saturday night, June 6. "Hard Rock Nights" features the best hard rock from the past four decades and can be heard every Saturday night at 9...

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EXODUS Drummer Talks About Hitting Rock Bottom

Marisa Connelly of The Daily Rock recently conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Daily Rock: What's the key to longevity in music? Hunting: To be true to yourself and try to stay away from drug...

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Former CELTIC FROST Mainman Comments On New 1349 Album

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his blog: "The last week of May marked the release of 1349's new album, 'Revelations Of The Black Flame', during the gestation of which I was invited to play a contributing role. Love or hate t...

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THORNAFIRE Forced To Pull Out Of MONSTROSITY Tour

Chilean death metal warriors THORNAFIRE have been forced to cancel their participation in the upcoming U.S. tour featuring MONSTROSITY and TORN THE FUCK APART. Commented guitarist Victor MacNamara: "Due to delays in the processing of our visa application to enter the USA, THORNAFIRE will unfortunate...

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GEORGE LYNCH's SOULS OF WE: Corona Footage Available

The collective foursome known as SOULS OF WE — featuring legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) and charismatic frontman London Legrand (BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION) — performed at the Angel's Sports Bar in Corona, California this past Saturday, May 30. Fan-filmed video footage of the concer...

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BRUCE DICKINSON And RONNIE JAMES DIO Are Heavy Metal's Top Singers

Headbang, a Turkish rock and metal magazine which is sold as a Blue Jean magazine supplement, has published its list of top 30 heavy metal and hard rock vocalists of all time (as compiled by the magazine's writers). It is as follows: 01. Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN, BRUCE DICKINSON) 02. Ronnie Jame...

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THE ALIEN BLAKK's BLACK SABBATH Cover Featuring ERIC A.K. Posted Online

THE ALIEN BLAKK, the band led by guitarist/producer Joshua Craig, has uploaded its cover version of BLACK SABBATH's "Snowblind" to MySpace. The track comes off THE ALIEN BLAKK's sophomore album, "Bekoming", which is expected before the end of the year via an as-yet-untermined label. The CD, which wa...

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ANVIL: New Audio Interview With LIPS Available

Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian heavy metal legends ANVIL was recently interviewed by Downshifter of Full Metal Rock. You can now listen to the chat at this location. ANVIL will perform live after the 10:00 p.m. screening of "Anvil! The Story Of Anvil" on June 3, 2009 at The Villa...

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THE CULT Singer: I Don't Want My Legacy To Be 'Sonic Temple'

In July, THE CULT will kick off an international tour on which the band will play its seminal, 1985 "Love" album from start to finish. The "Love" album is viewed by fans and worldwide media as THE CULT's pre-eminent release. From the immediately recognizable opening notes of "She Sells Sanctuary", t...