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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Performs AEROSMITH Cover On Sarasota's WSRQ

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young performed his remake of a song from AEROSMITH's 1974 "Get Your Wings" LP, entitled "Seasons Of Wither", with one of America's true organic voices, Twinkle Schascle, on Sarasota, Florida radio station WSRQ. The original radio broadcast happened on Saturday July 31...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: 'We Have Not Seen Fans So Happy In A Long, Long Time'

After debuting their new lineup to a sold-out audience in New York this past May and then traveling to Europe to devastate the masses with shows in 16 different countries in 80 days (including two shows opening for AC/DC),reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will return to tour the U.S. for the firs...

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MUSTAINE On 'Big Four' Shows: It Was Fun For Us, Great For Our Career And Great For The Fans

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine tells RollingStone.com that he hasn't ruled out the possibility of a tour featuring the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — headliners METALLICA alongside MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. "If the opportunity came up again, we would all go for it," says Mustaine,...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Kicks Off Book-Signing Tour

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine released his long-awaited autobiography, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir" (formerly "Hello Me... Meet The Real Me"),in the U.S. on August 3 via HarperCollins's It Books imprint (focusing on pop culture, sports, style and content derived from the Internet). The U.K. ed...

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ANTHRAX's RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute In Moscow; Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed footage of ANTHRAX performing a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Heaven And Hell" as a tribute to legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio on August 5, 2010 at the B1 Maximum club in Moscow, Russia can be viewed below. Photos of the concert are available at The MetalList....

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EXODUS: 'Downfall' Video Released

"Downfall", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by SchneppZone director Jon Schnepp of "Metalocalypse" fame (the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim) and was shot...

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MEGADETH Drummer Wishes Y&T Bassist 'The Speediest Recovery Possible'

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has issued the following message: "Just found out that Phil Kennemore from one of my favorite bands, Y&T, has been diagnosed with cancer. "I would just like to wish Phil the speediest recovery possible. "MEGADETH played the Download festival in England a few months...

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AVIAN: Debut Album To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks

In 2005, AVIAN released their debut album, "From The Depths Of Time", to both fan and critical acclaim. The lineup featured vocalist Lance King, known for his work with PYRAMAZE and BALANCE OF POWER, and a very special guest appearance by David Ellefson of MEGADETH fame, who played bass on the album...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Films 'Cinnamon' Video

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS recently filmed a video for the song "Cinnamon" with directors Aggressive (a.k.a Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro),the Grammy Award-winning duo which has previously helmed clips for MEGADETH, JUANES and BLOC PARTY, among others. JVC America recently uploaded a live performance musi...

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DEVILDRIVER: More 'Chapters' Of Full-Length Documentary Posted Online

Filmmaker Daniel J. Burke (a.k.a. Bruce Wayne),sole proprietor of Mbarrier Productions at House of Slor Studios in Southern California, has uploaded several more of around 25 parts (see below) of a recently completed full-length DEVILDRIVER documentary. Eight years in the making, the documentary —...

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SODOM Mainman Says New Producer SORYCHTA Is 'Like A Fourth Bandmember'

Mattowarrior's Metal Madness recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Thomas "Angelripper" Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Mattowarrior's Metal Madness: So what's new on the horizon for Tom Angelripper? Tom: [SODOM is] working...

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ACCEPT: 'Blood Of The Nations' Mail-Order Digipak To Include Bonus Track

Nuclear Blast Records' USA webshop is now taking pre-orders for the exclusive North American mail-order digipak edition of ACCEPT's new album, "Blood Of The Nations". This exclusive release features the bonus track "Time Machine". The pre-order bundle includes an ACCEPT "Teutonic Terror" t-shirt and...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Talks About His Early Musical Influences With EXPLOREMUSIC

Alan Cross of ExploreMusic conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo last week when the band played the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. The two-part chat, in which Dave talks about how he got into drumming, his early musical influences, his...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Discusses Memoir With Canada's NATIONAL POST (Video)

Nick Aveling of Canada's National Post spoke to MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine last week about Dave's new book, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir", which came oiut this past Tuesday (August 3). Watch the chat below. On which comes first — sex, drugs or rock and roll: "The order it comes in is the ...

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SLAYER Frontman On Possible Retirement: 'It Would Not Be An Issue To Wind Down'

Patrick Slevin of The Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. An excerpt from the chat follows below. The Aquarian Weekly: The "American Carnage" tour, how did that lineup come together? Araya: That lineup came together in 1990 on "Clash of the Titans"...