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MEGADETH Bassist: 'DAVE MUSTAINE's Guitar Playing Was The Invention Of Thrash'

ThePogg.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThePogg.com: Having really driven a whole musical sound, do you feel that there was a pivotal point in your career that really influenced the direction that thrash metal...

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20 Injured Outside LINKIN PARK Concert In South Africa

20 people were injured, one of them fatally, after advertising scaffolding collapsed earlier tonight (Wednesday, November 7) before a LINKIN PARK concert at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. Strong winds are believed to have caused the scaffolding to collapse outside the stadium just bef...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's 'Afterglow' Cracks U.S. Top 50

"Afterglow", the third album from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, FOREIGNER),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, ALICE COOPER, BILLY IDOL) and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe B...

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TAYLOR: 'No One Should Ever Put A Microphone In Front Of MUSTAINE's Face Unless He's On Stage'

Nick Snelling of MetalSucks conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he — given his voice is getting lower and lower — is worried he will eventually morph into Phil Anselmo: Taylor: "Umm… not really, no. I...

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Video: AEROSMITH Urges People To Get Out And Vote

Yesterday (November 5),AEROSMITH returned to their Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood to perform an hour-long set in front of thousands of fans. The concert was played in celebration of the release today (November 6) of their long-awaited new studio album, "Music From Another Dimension!", the 2012...

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JIMI HENDRIX's Legendary 1969 Woodstock Performance To Receive Global Theatrical Release

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's birth, for the first time ever see Jimi Hendrix's unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert will be shown in select cinemas globally. This special-edition theatrical presentation has been carefully reassembled from the extensive archive of f...

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A Knight in York

Jaws around the world hit the floor with a collective thud many solstices ago when Ritchie Blackmore organized a band of Medieval-minded (and clad) minstrels with his wife, Candice Night. Potshots ringing along the line of "D&D dweebs" have trailed BLACKMORE'S NIGHT ever since and yet if you sto...

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JON LORD: Promo Video For Documentary From 'Concerto For Group And Orchestra' DVD

A promotional video for the expanded edition of late DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord's Concerto For Group And Orchestra — which includes a CD, documentary DVD, and 80-page book — can be seen below. The set will be released on December 7. The book contains Marco de Goeij's essay on how he struggled...

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STRIFE: 'Torn Apart' Video Released

"Torn Apart", the new video from the Southern California hardcore band STRIFE, can be seen below. The song comes off the group's new album, "Witness A Rebirth", which will be released on November 6 via 6131 Records. Some bands leave such an impression on fans that, even after two decades, their soun...

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DEATH ANGEL Working On 'Vicious' New Album

Vocalist Mark Osegueda of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL was interviewed on the October 26-28 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it ai...

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Video: PHILIP ANSELMO Wrestles On Stage At DOWN's Milan Concert

According to Musica Metal, DOWN chose an unusual way to end its October 29 concert in Milan, Italy: by staging a playful wrestling match between singer Philip Anselmo and some of his bandmates. Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below. Photos of the concert are available on Musica Metal. "Down IV...

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GILLAN's 'Glory Road' Remembered In New App And eBook

A new one-dollar app and eBook tell the story of the making of GILLAN's 1980 album "Glory Road". One could call GILLAN's blustery, heart-racing rock on a clock style a somewhat weird spot of chicanery plaguing and baiting the wider (and younger) NWOBHM exploding around them. Author Martin Popoff exp...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Explains His Involvement With 'Who Are You' Tribute

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K. Downing is among the musicians who appear on "Who Are You: An All Star Tribute To The Who", which was released on October 2 via Cleopatra Records. As THE WHO approaches a nearly 50-year career, artists in genres from classic to progressive rock, and from p...

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Former THE HAUNTED Frontman Signs With DEADLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT For Solo Album

Former THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has signed a deal with Deadlight Entertainment for the French release of his solo album entitled "Thieves And Liars". According to a press release, "Thieves & Liars" "is far from the idea of metal and hardcore. Instead, [the CD] spring from layers of gui...

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HELLOWEEN: More 'Straight Out Of Hell' Details Revealed

German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January 18 and in North America on January 22, 2013. HELLOWEEN recently completed work on the video for the CD's first single. The six-minute opus "Nabataea" develops on several levels, including 3-D...