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COREY TAYLOR Opens Up About Battling Alcoholism On 'Never Meet Your Heroes' With SCOTT IAN

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor was the guest on the first episode of ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's show "Never Meet Your Heroes" on SiriusXM Volume (Ch. 106). Taylor discussed how growing up in Iowa influenced his pursuit of making music, SLIPKNOT's insane performance antics and much...

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JOHN CORABI Believes MÖTLEY CRÜE Will Eventually Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

John Corabi, former lead singer of MÖTLEY CRÜE, has commented on the band's decision to call it quits after one last show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles following an eighteen-month tour that saw the group performing to packed houses all over the world. "You know, more power to those guys," Cor...

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ERIC PETERSON: 'In TESTAMENT, We Like To Keep Things Pretty Real'

Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: "Brotherhood Of The Snake" is the newest TESTAMENT album. What was the mindset going into the songwrit...

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Brotherhood of the Snake

Using the superlative "instant classic" comes with responsibility. It is also subjective. Thrash titan TESTAMENT has been on a hell of a roll since Alex Skolnick rejoined the band. This is a universal opinion. "Dark Roots of Earth" and "The Formation of Damnation" have made nearly every TESTAMENT fa...

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ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO: 'Illegal Music Downloading Is Alive And Well'

In the latest episode of the Fret 12 series "The Sound And The Story", ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello talks about harnessing energy through metal, touring with METALLICA, and the importance of work ethic in a nonexistent music industry. Said Bello: "As we all know, there's no music industry. That's why...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON: 'People Still Pay For Music, Only In Different Ways'

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson has compared the oil market's worst slump in a generation to what happened to the music business fifteen years ago when it refused to adapt to the changes brought about by the Internet. The digital music revolution started with Napster — the file-sharing service dr...

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EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING: Being Able To Play Music For A Living And Tour Is A 'Gift'

Italy's "Heavy Demons" radio show conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS earlier in the month. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the differences in the way music is being marketed in the age of the Internet and streaming ser...

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SIRENIA To Release 'Dim Days Of Dolor' Album In November

Norwegian-based symphonic gothic metal veterans SIRENIA have set "Dim Days Of Dolor" as the title of their upcoming album. Due on November 11, it consists of eleven brand new songs plus one bonus track. The artwork was once again created by Gyula Havancsák from Hjules Illustration And Design. All re...

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ICED EARTH Guitarist TROY SEELE Quits

Guitarist Troy Seele has announced his departure from ICED EARTH due to family responsibilities. He says: "After close to ten years as a guitarist in ICED EARTH, the time has come for me to step away. "Some of you know, but many do not, that I have a child with autism. In the past, I ...

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Crazy Eyes

Richard Patrick has been searching for that next great moment in FILTER, one automatically held accountable to "Short Bus" and "Title of Record". Though it's a curse no artist wishes to be burdened with, Patrick has been answerable for NINE INCH NAILS, from which he and Brian Liesegang founded this...

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Video: New STUCK MOJO Lineup Performs At Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of the new lineup of STUCK MOJO performing live on August 13 at the Brutal Assault festival in Josefov, Czech Republic can be seen below. STUCK MOJO's new album, "Here Come The Infidels", was released on June 24. The CD was once again produced by Andy Sneap, who has previous...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN To Go On 'Extended Hiatus' After 'Dissociation' Album

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN is readying what is to potentially be the final full-length album before an "extended hiatus." "Dissociation", out October 14, is a product of the recent collaboration of the band's Party Smasher Inc. label with Cooking Vinyl and promises to be their most adventurous to dat...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: Listen To New Song 'Limerent Death'

"Limerent Death", a brand new song from THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, was premiered earlier tonight (Sunday, July 31) on the BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show" with Daniel P. Carter. You can now listen to the track at BBC.co.uk (starting at around the 2:00:00 mark). The "Limerent Death" seven-inch single will be...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN To Release 'Dissociation' Album In October

According to an ad in the latest issue of Revolver magazine, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will release its new album, "Dissociation", on October 14 via Party Smasher Inc., the multi-faceted collective founded by the band's guitarist, Ben Weinman, and the label's global partnership with Cooking Vinyl. W...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Recalls 'Big Four' Superjam In Animated Video

It's been six years since the four biggest thrash-metal bands — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX – embarked on what they dubbed the "Big Four" tour, but the memories are still fresh for Scott Ian. In the latest installment of Rolling Stone 's "Had To Be There" series, the (animated) ANTHRAX g...