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PHILIP ANSELMO And THE ILLEGALS: Second Promotional Video For Upcoming Tour

Philip Anselmo, legendary frontman of PANTERA and DOWN, will kick off the second leg of his first-ever solo tour, dubbed "Technicians Of Distortion", on January 10 in Houston, Texas and head westward, trampling through over a dozen cities with additional support provided by HYMNS. On this trek, Anse...

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GEOFF TATE Doesn't Want To Be 'Betrayed' By His Bandmates Anymore

The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: Looking back, say, 20 years ago, has technology surpassed where you thought it would be for the better or even for the worst...

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PHILIP ANSELMO And THE ILLEGALS: Promotional Video For Upcoming Tour

Philip Anselmo, legendary frontman of PANTERA and DOWN, will kick off the second leg of his first-ever solo tour, dubbed "Technicians Of Distortion", on January 10 in Houston, Texas and head westward, trampling through over a dozen cities with additional support provided by HYMNS. On this trek, Anse...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist DJ ASHBA: Signature LES PAUL Guitar Coming In March

GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitarist Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba has designed his own signature Les Paul guitar, to be released in March 2014 by Gibson. Ashba, who joined GUNS N' ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of Robin Finck, spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald this past February about being...

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The New First Daughter Of New York City Is A Metalhead

According to Teen Vogue, Chiara de Blasio, the 19-year-old college sophomore whose dad, Bill de Blasio, was elected mayor of New York City last month, is a metalhead. "Old-school metal, thrash metal, death metal, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal," she said about her music of choice. "In terms of...

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IRON MAIDEN Did Not Use BitTorrent And Social Media Data To Plan Its Tours

A representative for Musicmetric, an entertainment forecasting startup that analyzes BitTorrent and social media data, has refuted a widespread report that British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN used the company's analytics to plan its tours. A December 20 article on the CiteWorld tech blog claimed...

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ONE MACHINE Featuring Ex-TESTAMENT, MERCENARY, Ex-MNEMIC Members: New Song 'One Machine' Available

ONE MACHINE, the brainchild of acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE, FORBIDDEN, DRAGONLORD, VICIOUS RUMORS),will release its debut album, "The Distortion Of Lies And The Overdriven Truth", on February 18, 2014 via Scarlet Records. The CD was recorded and produced by Stev...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist Explains Band's Appeal

Brendan Crabb of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Zoltan Bathory of Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are a unique proposition within the music industry, because it's rar...

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MORBID ANGEL's VINCENT Says Level Of Enthusiasm For 'Covenant' Anniversary Tour 'Has Been Off The Chart'

Chris Loomis of SoCalMusicToday.com recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist David Vincent of Florida death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SoCalMusicToday.com: You are currently about three quarters of the way through the 20th-anniversary t...

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Black Metal Documentary 'Out Of The Black' Released Via YouTube

The long-awaited and -overdue black metal documentary entitled "Out Of The Black - A Black Metal Documentary" has been released for free via YouTube. Executive director William Shackleford said: "This film has been one hell of a journey — a lot of money, pain, intrigue and on and on and on. So thank...

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CHTHONIC's DORIS YEH Interviewed By SOCIAL ALIENATION (Video)

On November 15, Social Alienation conducted an interview with bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. CHTHONIC's seventh album, "Bú-Tik", was released in North America via Spinefarm Records in the U.S. digitally on June 18 and on CD on Ju...

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STEEL PANTHER Guests On Australia's 'Distortion' Radio Show (Audio)

After their concert in Melbourne, Australia, Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER were interviewed on the "Distortion" radio show, which is hosted by Dave "Higgo" Higgins of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M. You can listen to the chat in two parts below. STEEL PANTHER release...

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THY ART IS MURDER: 2013 Video Roundup

A 2013 video roundup with Australia's hottest new extreme metal export THY ART IS MURDER can be seen below. THY ART IS MURDER's second album, "Hate", was released in the U.S. on April 2 and in Europe on April 5 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the new U.S. partnership between Nuclear Blast owner Mar...

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DREGEN Talks To France's RockNLive.org (Video)

RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson). You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD was issued via Spinefarm Records i...

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DETTE On Losing SLAYER Gig: If BOSTAPH Makes Them Feel More Comfortable, Then More Respect To Him

Marko Syrjala and Arto Lehtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Jon Dette (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, ICED EARTH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: Let's start with this most current thing, the ICED EARTH tour. This was another last-m...