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Follow #HEAVYMONTREAL2015 Live

Are you attending Heavy Montreal 2015 or want to follow the action from your part of the globe? Check out our real-time social feed below or you may contribute via Twitter, Instagram or YouTube using the hashtag #heavymontreal2015 or #blabbermouthnet. This feed will be curated and updated regularly...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Says Some Record Companies 'Won't Sign Anybody Past Sixteen Years Old'

Sue Henry of WILK news radio 103.1 FM recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what advice he would give to young rock musicians just starting out: El...

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GEOFF TATE Discusses OPERATION: MINDCRIME's 'Re-Inventing The Future' Single (Video)

OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, will release its debut album, "The Key", on September 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. A short video clip of Tate talking about the CD's first single, "Re-Inventing The Future", can be seen below. The recently released "Re-In...

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BLABBERMOUTH.NET Is An Official HEAVY MONTREAL 2015 Partner

BLABBERMOUTH.NET is proud to be an official partner of this year's edition of the Heavy Montreal festival, which will be held this weekend, August 7-9, at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Forest Stage will be powered by BLABBERMOUTH.NET and feature more than a dozen artists, includ...

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SAMMY HAGAR To Develop Global Lifestyle Brand 'Sammy's Island'

Sammy Hagar has partnered with full-service branding, licensing and social media marketing company Epic Rights and Prominent Brand + Talent, a global brand management and development consortium, to launch the worldwide brand strategy and to develop a wide-ranging licensing program for Hagar's Sammy'...

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Did COURTNEY LOVE Seek Out Late ALICE IN CHAINS Singer LAYNE STALEY After KURT COBAIN's Death?

According to The Pulse Of Radio, a new book about the band ALICE IN CHAINS reportedly reveals, of all things, some new details surrounding the 1994 death of NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain. The book, titled "Alice In Chains: The Untold Story", claims that Cobain's wife Courtney Love reached out to ALIC...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN On Decision To Quit Twitter: 'I've Said Enough'

Scotty Mars of "The Scotty Mars Show", which airs on the Live 105 radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, recently conducted an interview with DISTURBED singer David Draiman. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Commenting on his decision to quit Twitter and other...

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SLIPKNOT Bassist Discharged From Hospital After Suffering From 'Severe Dehydration'

SLIPKNOT was forced to walk off stage several songs into its show in Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday night (August 2) when bassist Alessandro "Vman" Venturella had to be rushed to the hospital due to a medical emergency. After about a twenty-minute break, SLIPKNOT returned to the stage without Ventu...

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NILE Announces 2016 U.S. Tour

The reigning kings of technical, historically themed brutality NILE have announced a momentous 31-date trek across North America in 2016. The tour launches in Tampa, Florida on January 8, hits New York, West Hollywood, Pittsburgh, and wraps up at a very special hometown show in Greensville, South Ca...

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This Year's ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Could Be Last Ever, Says Co-Founder

This year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival could very well turn out to be the event's last, if the latest couple of social-media posts by Mayhem co-founder John Reese are anything to go by. The 2015 edition of Mayhem kicked off on June 26 in Chula Vista, California and wrapped last night (Sun...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'I Didn't Know The Metal Scene Was So Conservative'

Arte conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which is taking place this weekend in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his early musical influences and...

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SAXON To Release 'Battering Ram' Album In October; Video For Title Track Released

On October 16, British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their 21st studio album, "Battering Ram", in North America via UDR Music. The official video for the CD's title track can be seen below. In this no-nonsense, sharp clip, Biff and the boys are captured at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, U...

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FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES Says MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder 'Has A Point'

In a brand new interview with Overdrive, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares was asked about Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman's recent comment that metal has gotten "gray, bald and fat," and that it had no worthy future headlining acts to take over from the classic bands...

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POWERWOLF Guitarist Talks 'Blessed & Possessed', Guitar Work, Bonus Covers Album

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with POWERWOLF guitarist Matthew Greywolf. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On writing a follow-up to "Preachers Of The Night": "'Preachers Of The Night' was not only our most successful album but also an album which we s...

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GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME: 'Re-Inventing The Future' Video Premiere

OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, will release its debut album, "The Key", on September 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official video for the CD's first single, "Re-Inventing The Future", can be seen below. The clip is one of two OPERATION: MINDCRIME vi...