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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Bassist Discusses HOWARD JONES' Departure

Zach Shaw of Metal Insider conducted an interview with bassist Mike D'Antonio of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE prior to the band's April 22 appearance at New England Metal & Hardcore Festival in Worcester, Massachusetts. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Insider:...

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MINISTRY Guitarist Interviewed On WMSC 90.3 (Audio)

On April 23, Japan Nick Perkel of Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 radio station conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Sin Quirin. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. MINISTRY's new album, "Relapse", sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first wee...

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JOE SATRIANI: 'Satchurated' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Satchurated: Live In Montreal", the live-concert film from Joe Satriani, one of the most respected and innovative guitarists in the world today, sold 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 3 on the "Top Music Videos" chart. Commented Joe: "'Satchurat...

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MIKE PATTON Pays Tribute To Luciano Berio With 'Laborintus II'

FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton, joined by the Brussels-based Ictus Ensemble, pays tribute to pioneering composer Luciano Berio with the July 3 release of "Laborintus II" via Ipecac Recordings. Berio, a groundbreaking Italian composer whose lengthy list of compositions revel in experimentation and...

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DISAFFECTED: 'The Rebirth Of...' Video Teaser

A teaser for "The Rebirth Of...", the new video from Portuguese death prog masters DISAFFECTED, can be seen below. The full clip, which will make its online debut on May 30, was filmed on February 26 in Lisbon, Portugal, and directed by Mafalda Norte and Frederico Weinholtz. "The Rebirth Of..." come...

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CHICKENFOOT Rehearsing For 'Different Devil Tour' (Video)

Video footage of CHICKENFOOT's May 1 rehearsal for the "Different Devil Tour" — which is scheduled to kick off on Friday, May 4 at Harrah's Hotel & Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada — can be seen below. Says the band: "With no advance notice, we decided to just jump onto a Google+ Hangout on air ...

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AXEWOUND To Release Debut Album This Summer

During the time off between BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE albums, frontman and chief songwriter Matt Tuck grew restless. Recruiting Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER, KILLING JOKE),routinely touted as the best session drummer in the U.K., and engineer Martyn "Ginge" Ford (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, TRIVIUM),Matt...

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Relapse

Break it all down, build it back up, assess the relevance of the band's impact on the history of rock music, and psychoanalyze Al Jourgensen six ways from Sunday; the only thing that matters here is that the album that was never supposed to happen is on the whole a good one. It is also ...

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Corrosion of Conformity

With the delay between COC records trudging ever further into "Chinese Democracy" territory, the O.G. lineup of Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean and Reed Mullin decided to see what it'd sound like if they got all 1985 again and didn't have Pepper Keenan using up all the oxygen in the room. Love the man's...

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Skull 13

The metal world has benefitted from a slew of reunions these past few years. While just as many have made us regret the decision to reform, several others have proven to us that some bands do in fact get better with age or at least reinforce why we loved those early releases in the first ...

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Guitarist RICK HUNOLT To Rejoin EXODUS For Upcoming Shows

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will be inaugurating their summer festival season with a performance at the Scion Rock Fest in Tampa, Florida on June 2. With Gary Holt still handling guitar duties for Jeff Hanneman on SLAYER's North American and European tour, EXODUS has invited out...

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SLAYER Drummer's PHILM To Take Part In Live Webcast From BOB WEIR's TRI STUDIOS

PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — will give a free webcast performance on May 16 at 7 p.m. Pacific/10 p.m. Eastern, recorded at Bob Wei...

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Former Members Of GUNS N' ROSES, BLACK SABBATH, AC/DC To Pay Tribute To JOHN BONHAM

After three groundbreaking tribute shows entitled "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same", as well as popular demand and a collective passion and respect amongst all the participating drummers, past and present to John Bonham, the greatest rock drummer ever, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton have decided to g...

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REIGN OF THE ARCHITECT: New Song Featuring JEFF SCOTT SOTO Available For Streaming

Multinational symphonic prog metal band REIGN OF THE ARCHITECT will release its debut album, "Rise", later this year. Yuval Kramer's (AMASEFFER) brand new sci-fi project features guest appearances by Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X),Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY) and Joost van den Broek (AYREO...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CANCER BATS, GLAMOUR OF THE KILL Members Join Forces In AXEWOUND

AXEWOUND is the new "supergroup" formed in 2011 as a side project for BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck. The band, which is completed by Liam Cormier (CANCER BATS) on vocals, Mike Kingswood (GLAMOUR OF THE KILL) on guitar, Joe Copcutt (RISE TO REMAIN) on bass, and Jason Bowld (ex-PITCHSHIFT...