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STRATOVARIUS Founding Member TUOMO LASSILA To Play On New TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON Album

Tuomo Lassila, the founder of the legendary Finnish power metal band STRATOVARIUS, will join his old bandmate Timo Tolkki for the recording of the drums and percussion parts on the second album of TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON metal opera, due for release on Frontiers Records in 2014. Tuomo formed STRATOVARI...

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DYING FETUS Drummer Talks To SPIRIT OF METAL (Video)

Spirit Of Metal conducted a video interview with drummer Trey Williams of Maryland extreme metallers DYING FETUS on October 15 in Santa Ana, California. You can now watch the chat below. DYING FETUS' latest album, "Reign Supreme", sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of re...

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VISION OF DISORDER Frontman Interviewed By THE METALLIC ONSLAUGHT (Video)

Rick Horton and Lance Ricci from The Metallic Onslaught conducted an interview with vocalist Tim Williams of hardcore/metal veterans VISION OF DISORDER (a.k.a. V.O.D.) after the band's October 19 performance at Montage Music Hall in Rochester, New York. You can now watch the chat below. VISION OF DI...

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TOM ARAYA: 'Some SLAYER Fans Have Already Made Up Their Minds' About What Band Should Do

On Monday, October 21, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: After whatever happened with Jeff [Hanneman, guitar] earlier this year, did you guys have any doubts about c...

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Video: SISTER SIN Performs In Moscow For First Time

Fan-filmed video footage of SISTER SIN's September 24 concert at Moscow Hall in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. SISTER SIN's newly remastered version of its first studio album, "Dance Of The Wicked", was released as a CD+DVD package on June 25 via Victory Records. The CD includes: * All eight trac...

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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Says 'Thrashumentary' DVD Will 'Eventually' Get Completed

David Devo Oosthuizen of The Metal Review recently conducted an interview with guitarist Ted Aguilar of the pioneering San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band DEATH ANGEL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Metal Review: Tell me about the recording of "The Dream Calls For Blood";...

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BUCKCHERRY With New Touring Bassist KELLY LEMIEUX: Footage Of MONSTERS OF ROCK Performance

Video footage of Californian rockers BUCKCHERRY performing with their new touring bassist, Kelly LeMieux (pictured above; FEAR, PAUL GILBERT, MD.45),on October 20 at the Monsters Of Rock festival in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. BUCKCHERRY announced last week that it had parted ways with its...

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New TROUBLE Lineup Performs Live For First Time (Video)

Doom metal legends TROUBLE played their first show with their new lineup — featuring singer Kyle Thomas and bassist Rob Hultz — on October 12 at the Day Of Doom festival in Barcelona, Spain. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Hultz is no stranger to the heavy metal, hard rock...

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EPICA Keyboardist: 'The General Appreciation Of Music As An Art Form Has Decreased'

Raymond Westland of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Coen Janssen of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ghost Cult Magazine: Can you start by telling us how the whole "Retrospect" project came to life?...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Talks To KTXD-TV About 'Through The Never' Movie (Video)

Gary Cogill of the Greenville, Texas television channel KTXD-TV recently conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield. You can now watch the chat below. When METALLICA headlined Brazil's Rock In Rio festival a few weeks ago, guitarist Kirk Hammett was asked by Brazilian news portal...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT Says iTunes, Streaming And Social Networking Have 'Destroyed Music'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was interviewed by the Brazilian news portal R7 when the band headlined the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro on September 19. You can now watch the chat below. Asked who he thinks will be the next generation of festival headliners, Hammett replied: "It's hard t...

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BUCKCHERRY Parts Ways With Bassist JIMMY ASHURST

Californian rockers BUCKCHERRY have parted ways with its longtime bassist Jimmy Ashurst. Says the band in a statement: "With heavy hearts and with great difficulty, we have decided to part ways with our long time bandmate Jimmy Ashhurst. This was not an easy decision, nor was it a rash decision made...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Featured In LION TWIN's 'Day Of Anger' Video

"Day Of Anger", the new video from the German female-fronted metal band LION TWIN, can be seen below. The clip features a special guest appearance by former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider. "Day Of Anger" comes off LION TWIN's debut album, "Nashville", which will be released on...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Love Trying To Make Our Music Better'

Lachlan Kanoniuk of TheBrag.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On performing live: Mustaine: "Before, when we were playing, live performances were a crapshoot. Playing live could have ended up like anything, the way tha...

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CLIFF BURTON Featured On 'Scratch And Scream' Reissue From His Pre-METALLICA Band TRAUMA

TRAUMA was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1980 as one of the first of the New Wave Of Bay Area metal bands. The group's original lineup included Michael Overton on guitar, George Lady on guitar, Dennis Shafer on drums, Cliff Burton (METALLICA) on bass, and Donny Hillier on vocals. TRAUMA q...