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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON To Release 'Sleeping Giants' Companion Album To Upcoming Memoir, 'More Life With Deth'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will release "Sleeping Giants" on July 5 via Combat Records. The effort will coincide with the release of Ellefson's upcoming memoir, "More Life With Deth", in stores July 16 via Jawbone Press. Co-written with Ellefson's business partner Thom Hazaert, "More Life With...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS Feat. JON SCHAFFER And HANSI KÜRSCH: Summer 2019 North American Tour Announced

DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, will embark on the "A Magical Encounter With Demons & Wizards" North American headline tour in the summer. The band will hit the road starting August 17 in Los Angeles and will wrap up the...

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SHANNON LARKIN: 'You're Not Gonna See A Bad GODSMACK Record'

Metalshop TV conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna and drummer Shannon Larkin prior to the band's March 27 show at Arena Wien in Vienna, Austria. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what makes their recent "When Legends...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Says CLIFF BURTON Didn't Influence His Bass Playing

MEGADETH's David Ellefson says that METALLICA's late bassist Cliff Burton was not an influence on his playing. Ellefson and Dave Mustaine formed MEGADETH in 1983, after Mustaine got kicked out of METALLICA. METALLICA recruited Kirk Hammett and went on to record its debut album, "Kill 'Em All", later...

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YES Announces 'The Royal Affair Tour' With ASIA And CARL PALMER'S ELP LEGACY

The 2019 summer concert calendar has just been lit up with the announcement of YES's North American concert tour, "The Royal Affair Tour". Headlined by prog rock pioneers and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees YES, who triumphed last year with their acclaimed and hugely successful "#YES50: Celebra...

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RON KEEL BAND Releases New LP 'Fight Like A Band' Via EMP LABEL GROUP

EMP Label Group has released the new RON KEEL BAND album "Fight Like A Band", which hit stores March 1 via the EMP Outlaw imprint. The collection features 11 brand-new songs and fresh recordings of KEEL classics. In addition to a lyric video for the lead track "Road Ready", released in January, the...

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STEEL PANTHER Guitarist Hopes To Have New Music Out 'By The End Of The Year'

STEEL PANTHER guitarist Satchel spoke to "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's fifth album. "Well, we've got most of the music already recorded," he said (hear audio below). "We're just about to start laying down vocals pretty soon here. "It's not...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON On METALLICA: 'It's Unbelievable That A Metal Band Could Be As Big As U2'

MEGADETH's David Ellefson says that he never got the call to audition for the bassist position in METALLICA after Jason Newsted left the band over 18 years ago. Newsted exited METALLICA in January 2001, after he clashed with James Hetfield over the release of an album by ECHOBRAIN, Jason's side proj...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: Remastered Editions Of First Two Albums Now Available On All Digital Platforms

DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, has released remastered versions of its first two albums on all digital platforms. As of today, the two acclaimed albums "Demons & Wizards" (2000) and "Touched By The Crimson King" (2005) ar...

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Video Premiere: MEAT PUPPETS' 'Nine Pins'

MEAT PUPPETS' original lineup, Curt and Cris Kirkwood and returning drummer Derrick Bostrom, has released a video for "Nine Pins" off the band's latest album, "Dusty Notes", available now via Megaforce. The MEAT PUPPETS' story begins with three kids, enamored of music and immersed in the psychedel...

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GODSMACK Stopped Playing To A Click Track After Two Shows: 'We Felt Like A Bunch Of Robots,' Says SHANNON LARKIN

Shannon Larkin has admitted that GODSMACK started playing to a click track during its concerts last year, only to abandon the idea after two shows. According to the drummer, he and his bandmates have "always resisted" the prospect of relying on pre-recorded tracks, especially after years of touring...

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JIM MATHEOS And JOHN ARCH To Release 'Winter Ethereal' Album In May

In progressive metal circles, the names of guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist John Arch are spoken with due reverence. With the former having been a driving force in FATES WARNING for 35 years, and the latter the original frontman of that band, they also have a single seminal work under the ARCH/MAT...

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JOHN PETRUCCI Says MIKE MANGINI 'Absolutely Contributed' To Songwriting On New DREAM THEATER Album

Jave Patterson of Two Doods Review recently conducted an interview with guitarist John Petrucci of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER about the band's new studio album, "Distance Over Time". You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whe...

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SOTO To Release 'Origami' Album In May

SOTO, the modern heavy metal/hard rock group featuring vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY, SONS OF APOLLO, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA),will release its third studio album, "Origami", on May 24. The official lyric video for the disc's first single, "BeLie", can be seen below...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS Feat. JON SCHAFFER And HANSI KÜRSCH: Third Album To Be Released Through CENTURY MEDIA

Century Media Records has announced the signing of DEMONS & WIZARDS to a worldwide deal. Founded in 1999 by Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN) and Jon Schaffer (ICED EARTH),DEMONS & WIZARDS released two highly acclaimed albums, 1999s' "Demons & Wizards" and 2005's "Touched By The Crimson King". The ban...