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PAUL BOSTAPH On New SLAYER Album: 'It's Got A Little Bit Of Everything Everybody Likes'

Kristyn Clark of Pop Culture Madness conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph at the fifth annual Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion, which took place May 2-3 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway just outside Charlotte, North Carolina. You can now watch the chat below....

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HOLY GRAIL To Enter Studio This Weekend

Los Angeles-based metal powerhouse HOLY GRAIL will enter the studio this weekend with Grammy Award-winning producer John Spiker to begin tracking its third album. A fall release via Prothetic is expected. Following an extensive tour campaign to promote the band's 2013 release, "Ride The Void", HOLY...

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JOURNEY Unveils Memorabilia Cases At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino In Las Vegas

Legendary rock group JOURNEY unveiled its memorabilia case inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 6 in honor of the band's residency at The Joint. Chas Smith, vice president of entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel, was on hand to introduce Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valo...

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New KISS Pinball Machines Available Through STERN PINBALL

Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball machines, and Epic Rights, KISS' global licensing agent, jointly announced today the availability of a new line of Pro, Premium and Limited Edition KISS pinball machines, honoring one of the most influential and i...

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Video: DUFF MCKAGAN Performs At PEARL JAM Guitarist MIKE MCCREADY's 'Flight To Mars' Benefit Show

FLIGHT TO MARS, a tribute to 1970s English heavy rockers UFO featuring PEARL JAM lead guitarist Mike McCready, played The Showbox on Friday, May 1. FLIGHT TO MARS's set featured such UFO classics as "Doctor, Doctor", "Lights Out", "Too Hot To Handle", "Mother Mary" and "Natural Thing", as well as a...

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U.K. Thrashers ACID REIGN Are Back!

Twenty four years is a long time in anyone's book, but that is how long it's been since the "Kings Of Apple Core," ACID REIGN, have been missing from the U.K. thrash scene. Calling ACID REIGN's return more of a reboot than a reformation, sole original member Howard "H" Smith comments: "I tried to pu...

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Ex-SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO: What I Learned From Working With Legendary Producer RICK RUBIN

Former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo is featured in the current episode of "The Trap Set" with Joe Wong. Lombardo gives a rare, richly biographical interview, wherein he charts his journey from Catholic schoolboy to drummer of beloved, Satanic thrash-metal progenitors SLAYER. He als...

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Valley of Bones

After nearly dying from an overdose and resuscitated by his girlfriend, Josh Brown left the band he co-founded, one on its way up the commercial metal tiers, FULL DEVIL JACKET. A tempest of shakeups to the band's roster including two consecutive singers, Ben Hatch and Jamie Martin, plus the unfortun...

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SAVATAGE: 'Return To Wacken' Collection Due In June

To celebrate SAVATAGE upcoming reunion performance at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, SAVATAGE and earMUSIC will release the ultimate "Return To Wacken" album on June 19. The effort will contain studio versions of classic songs that the band played live at Wacken as part of their previous two ap...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: New Album Title Revealed; Audio Sample Of 'Ain't My Last Dance' Song

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has set "Got Your Six" as the title of the band's new album, due later in the year. The CD was once again helmed by Kevin Churko, the Canadian record producer/engineer and songwriter who currently lives in Las Vegas, where he works out of his private studio, The Hideout Recor...

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Updated: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Singer Shoots Down Breakup Rumors, Explains Memphis Onstage Meltdown

** UPDATE #2**: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "We did NOT break up! Things went sideways with technical issues. Ivan got pissed and took it out onstage. It was a bad night, to say the least. He has since apologized. But we are 1...

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GARY HOLT: Trying To Copy JEFF HANNEMAN's Solos Wouldn't Be Doing Him Justice

To celebrate late SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman's life on the second anniversary of his death, Loudwire sat down with current SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt (also of EXODUS) and invited him to share his memories of Hanneman. You can watch the clip below. On when he first heard SLAYER: Gary: "The first...

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DAVE GROHL Says KISS Inspired Him To Become Musician

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl paid tribute to KISS on Wednesday night (April 29) during the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, where the legendary band was recognized for their influence as songwriters. Grohl presented founding members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons with the...

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SLIPKNOT: Multi-Camera Footage Of Hamburg Concert

Multi-camera fan-filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT performing the song "Sarcastrophe" on February 8 in Hamburg, Germany can be seen below. SLIPKNOT's "Summer's Last Stand" tour kicks off on July 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida, wrapping up six weeks later on September 5 in Dallas. Joining SLIPKNOT on...

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KERRY KING 'Would Be Stunned' By Negative Reaction To SLAYER's New Album

In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Kerry King were asked how they respond to suggestions that the current lineup of SLAYER — which features drummer Paul Bostaph and guitarist Gary Holt — "isn't really SLAYER anymore." "In the p...