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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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PHILIP ANSELMO Denies Being Racist: 'Anyone Who Truly Knows Me Knows That It's Utterly Ridiculous'

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has once again denied being racist after a video surfaced of him earlier in the year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PANTERA classic "Walk" at the January 22 "Dimebash" event at t...

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DISTURBED To Release 'Live At Red Rocks' In November

DISTURBED will release a new live album, titled "Live At Red Rocks", on November 18 via Warner Bros. The album features songs spanning DISTURBED's 20-year-career, including Mainstream Rock chart hits "Down With The Sickness", "Stricken", "Inside The Fire", "Indestructible", "The Vengeful One", "The...

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Resurrection

It's only incremental now, but four years since the initial rift, the verbal artillery continues to fly over the neutral ground enforced between Geoff Tate and his former bandmates. As grossly demeaning as this brawl has been for all participants involved, Tate has productively moved on from QUEENSR...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I Would Be Dead' Without Sobriety

In a recent interview with The Washington Times, JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was asked what part sobriety has played in the band's longevity. He responded: "Without it? Oh, I'd be dead. Literally, I would be dead. I wouldn't be talking to The Washington Times now. I wouldn't be here. The place...

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SISTER To Release 'Stand Up, Forward, March!' Album In November

Swedish sleaze/punk-influenced metal outfit SISTER will release its new album, "Stand Up, Forward, March!", on November 25 via Metal Blade. The LP was recorded in Upplands Vaasby, Sweden by SISTER and producer Jona Tee of H.E.A.T., mixed by Tobias Lindell (AVATAR, CRASHDÏET, MUSTASCH, EUROPE, HARDCO...

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HANOI ROCKS: 'Strange Boys' Collector's Edition Box Sets Due This Month

On October 21, Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS will see their early albums compiled into two collector's edition box sets, one a 5CD set and the other a 6LP vinyl set, both to be released by Cleopatra Records. Titled "Strange Boys", these collections offer the band's first four studio albums, plus the l...

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L.A. GUNS Drummer STEVE RILEY Wishes TRACII GUNS Would 'Cool Out A Little Bit'

L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis and the band's co-founding guitarist Tracii Guns recently inked a deal with Frontiers Music Srl for the release of a new L.A. GUNS album, tentatively due in June 2017. Guns and Lewis began working on new music together again after playing periodic dates together — billed...

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WOVENWAR: Drum Playthrough Video For New Song 'World On Fire'

On October 21, WOVENWAR, the band featuring the talents of Jordan Mancino (drums),Nick Hipa (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California based metal act AS I LAY DYING, and Shane Blay (vocals) of OH, SLEEPER, will release its sophomore album, "Honor Is Dead", via Metal Blade Records. M...

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MADDER MORTEM: Listen To New Song 'Blood On The Sand'

"Blood On The Sand", a brand new song from Norwegian alternative metallers MADDER MORTEM, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track is taken from the band's sixth full-length album, which will be released on October 28 via Dark Essence Records. Titled "Red In Tooth And Claw", the...

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ICE-T's BODY COUNT 'Came Up With Some Very Aggressive And Cool Music' For 'Bloodlust' Album

BODY COUNT mainman Ice-T has spoken to Revolver magazine about the band's new album, "Bloodlust", tentatively due in early 2017 via Century Media. He stated about the follow-up to 2014's "Manslaughter": "Making records is a very interesting process. You work really hard on something and finish it an...

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WARRANT Drummer STEVEN SWEET Undergoes Emergency Surgery

WARRANT drummer Steven Sweet underwent emergency surgery on Thursday, October 6 after his appendix burst. According to his bandmates, "He is recovering. Everyone is grateful it did not happen on the Monsters Of Rock cruise ship earlier [last] week! We are sending good vibes to Steven!" WARRANT is ne...

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Watch DISTURBED Perform In Reading, Pennsylvania

Fan-filmed video footage of DISTURBED's October 9 performance at the Santander Arena Reading, Pennsylvania can be seen below. As previously reported, DISTURBED's sixth studio album, "Immortalized ", was officially certified gold on September 23 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)...

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Pocho Aztlan

At long last, Juan Brujo and his Mexecutioner collective BRUJERIA returns on album, and what a return! While ghosts of BRUJERIA past such as Dino Cazares, Tony Campos, Jesse Pintado, Raymond Herrera, Adrian and Daniel Erlandsson and Billy Gould are out and about in their respective ventures, Brujo y...

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Polar Similar

Despite their numerous lineup changes, NORMA JEAN sets an example for young bands on how to come hungry. It's not so much what the metalcore vets are capable of doing, which has been an exemplary evolution, as much as the fortitude that drives them. I tell this story frequently, which epitomizes the...