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TRIVIUM Frontman Is 'Honored' By First-Ever GRAMMY Nomination

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy spoke to Consequence Of Sound about the band's first-ever Grammy nomination. The Florida-based act is up for the "Best Metal Performance" award for the song "Betrayer", off its eighth studio album, 2017's "The Sin And The Sentence". "To hear we were getting not only a Gra...

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Ex-KORN Drummer DAVID SILVERIA Looks Back On Making Of 'Follow The Leader': 'It Was Pretty Much Complete Chaos Every Day And Every Night'

Former KORN drummer David Silveria spoke to RadioactiveMike Z, host of the Riverside, California radio station 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", about his memories of making the band's "Follow The Leader" album, which recently celebrated 20th anniversary. "When we did 'Follow The Leader',...

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HIGH ON FIRE Cancels 'Electric Messiah Tour 2019' Due To Medical Emergency

HIGH ON FIRE has been forced to cancel its previously announced U.S. tour with TOKE and YEAR OF THE COBRA due to another medical emergency suffered by the band's frontman, Matt Pike. The trek was scheduled to kick off on January 10 in Atlanta, Georgia and wrap on February 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana...

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ANTHRAX's Next Album Will Be 'Intense,' Says Bassist FRANK BELLO

ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello spoke to The Metal Voice about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2016's "For All Kings" album. "Everybody has their own collection of stuff," he said (hear audio below). "And Scott [Ian, guitar], Charlie [Benante, drums] and I will get t...

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STYX Guitarist On 'Mr. Roboto': 'What That Song Did Is It Killed A Whole Lot Of People's Interest In Our Music'

Guitarist James "JY" Young of veteran rockers STYX spoke to the Arizona Republic about the band's decision to bring "Mr. Roboto" back into its setlist for the first time in 35 years. "Mr. Roboto" — which originally appeared on STYX's 1983 concept album "Kilroy Was Here" — was written by former voca...

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MEGADETH Bassist On Upcoming Album: We're Not Carbon-Copying And Duplicating 'Dystopia'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson recently spoke to Meltdown of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" album. "What we've been doing this whole last year with MEGADETH is we've been taking all these i...

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STEVE RILEY Says He Had 'Zero Intention' Of Playing L.A. GUNS Music Again Prior To Receiving M3 Festival Offer

Over the course of his four-decade career, drummer Steve Riley has toured with STEPPENWOLF, anchored the classic lineup of W.A.S.P. and recorded for notable producers Todd Rundgren (the self-titled 1976 debut by ROADMASTER) and Gene Simmons (KEEL's 1985 album "The Right To Rock"). He's best known, h...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman To Release Updated Version Of 'Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide'

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider says that he is working on an updated version of his 1987 book "Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide: Or How To Be A Legend In Your Own Lunch Time". Snider wrote "Teenage Survival Guide" more than three decades ago when he was approached by Doubleday to produce a se...

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Is METALLICA's 'One' A Ripoff Of DARK ANGEL's 'Darkness Descends'? GENE HOGLAN Weighs In

Gene Hoglan says that he once joked about suing the members of METALLICA for allegedly "ripping off" a DARK ANGEL song for their classic track "One". The DARK ANGEL drummer revealed his band's musical connection to METALLICA while discussing the evolution of double-bass drumming during a recent appe...

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ALICE COOPER Says There Is 'An Excellence' About His Current Band That He 'Can't Explain'

Alice Cooper says that his current solo band "deserved" to have a live album released. Last August, the legendary rocker issued "A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris", a recording of his December 7, 2017 concert at the world-renowned Olympia venue in France. The effort captured Cooper and his b...

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CLUTCH Bassist Says He's 'Happy With' Band's 'Mistakes' On Latest Album 'Book Of Bad Decisions'

Prior to CLUTCH's performance in Bristol, England on December 18, bassist Dan Maines spoke with Metal Underground. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's decision to hire Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Willie Nelson) to pro...

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ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE Feat. MEGADETH's ELLEFSON, ANTHRAX's BELLO: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE, the collaboration between ANTHRAX's Frank Bello and MEGADETH's David Ellefson — two virtuosic bass players who've anchored some of the fiercest thrash records of all time — has confirmed a handful of appearances ahead of the release of its debut album, "Get it Out", including a...

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HELLOWEEN: Video Recap Of Final Shows From 2018 Leg Of 'Pumpkins United' Tour

German metallers HELLOWEEN have posted a video recap of the 2018 leg of their "Pumpkins United" tour, which concluded in December. The six-and-a-half-minute clip, which can be seen below, was created by Aurora Motion Pictures. In a message accompanying the video, the band said: "It's been over 14 mo...

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Former CRUCIFIED BARBARA Guitarist On Band's Split: 'It Was Time For Us To Move Forward'

Former CRUCIFIED BARBARA guitarist Klara "Force" Rönnqvist Fors has told France's Loud TV that the band's 2016 split had been a long time coming. "It had been kind of a hard time for a while, so it was time for us to move forward," she said (see video below). "It was just the next step in life — to...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Says QUEEN's Music Sounds 'Even Better' Today Than It Did Four Decades Ago

ANTHRAX's Scott Ian has praised QUEEN, saying that the British rockers' music sounds "even better" now, more than four decades after he was first introduced to the iconic band. The guitarist took to his Instagram on Thursday to post a picture of him with his wife Pearl Aday and QUEEN legend Brian Ma...