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LARS ULRICH: Playing METALLICA Song With 'Big Four' Would Seem 'A Little Selfish'

On Sunday, April 24, Steve Appleford of LA Weekly conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. LA Weekly: How was it playing on the polo fields last night? Ulrich: It was a little bit windy, but other than that it was great. The ...
April 25, 2011
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SLAYER's JEFF HANNEMAN On Return To Live Stage: 'I'm The Happiest Man In The World'

Founding SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman stepped onstage with his band at this past Saturday's "Big Four" concert in Indio, California, marking the first time he has played with SLAYER since last October. In January, Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, likely caused by a spider bite, and has b...
April 25, 2011
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ANTHRAX, MEGADETH Members Discuss 'Big Four' American Concert Debut (Video)

Artisan News Service spoke to members of ANTHRAX and MEGADETH about this past Saturday's (April 23) debut performance on American soil by the "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California in front of a capacity crowd o...
April 25, 2011
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EYES OF NOCTUM Frontman Ties Knot In New Orleans; Father NICOLAS CAGE Attends

Weston "Arcane" Coppola Cage, the 20-year-old frontman of the California-based black metal band EYES OF NOCTUM and son of actor Nicolas Cage, married 22-year-old girlfriend Nikki Williams Sunday afternoon (April 24) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pair announced their engagement last week via Faceboo...
April 25, 2011
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SLAYER: New Video Interview With TOM ARAYA Posted Online

FaceCulture conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya at the final show of the band's "European Carnage" tour with MEGADETH on April 14, 2011 in Eindhoven, Holland. You can now watch the chat in four parts below. SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who was forced miss all of the band...
April 24, 2011
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'Big Four' Bands Perform 'Am I Evil?', SLAYER's HANNEMAN Returns For Two Songs At Indio Concert

The "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — performed for the first time ever on the same stage in the United States yesterday (Saturday, April 23) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California in front of a capacity crowd of more than 50,000 metalheads. SLA...
April 24, 2011
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Featured On 'Heaven Help Us' Charity Single

The digital download single "Heaven Help Us" featuring vocalist David George (THE DAVID GEORGE BAND) and guitar contributions by Phil Collen (DEF LEPPARD),has been released by Rhythm Rocket Records to iTunes. All of profits from the sale of the single are being donated to the Red Cross Japan Relief...
April 23, 2011
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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Has Been Praying For SLAYER's JEFF HANNEMAN

Steve Appleford of LA Weekly recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. LA Weekly: Leaving METALLICA and then becoming a platinum-selling artist on your own was a huge accomplishment, but your acrimony with that band seemed t...
April 22, 2011
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ICON IN ME: More 'Head Break Solution' Album Details Revealed

ICON IN ME — the Russian/Swedish/Danish modern metal band featuring HOSTILE BREED guitarist Dmitry Frans, Danish drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (SUBMISSION, THE ARCANE ORDER, SCARVE, INSTANT CARNAGE, STRANGLER, SCARVE, SOILWORK) and Swedish vocalist Tony Jelencovich (M.A.N, ex-MNEMIC, TRANSPORT LEAGUE...
April 22, 2011
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SLAYER's KERRY KING Says JEFF HANNEMAN Is 'Trying His Ass Off' To Return To The Road

Steve Appleford of LA Weekly recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. LA Weekly: What do you think of the changes the bands have gone through over the last 30 years? King: We were lucky because we didn't have to change at ...
April 22, 2011
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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Discusses 'The Pinkburst Project' On 'Rockline' (Audio)

TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French "and friends" were interviewed on this past Wednesday (April 20) edition of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn. You can now listen to the program at RocklineRadio.com. Jay Jay French recently announced The Pinkburst Project, a...
April 22, 2011
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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: 'The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues' Cracks U.S. Top 60

"The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues", the brand new album from progressive rock innovators BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, sold 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD also landed at No. 5 on the Hard Music chart and N...
April 22, 2011
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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: We Are Still Making 'Relevant, Good Music'

Keith Matheny of The Desert Sun recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the decision to hire Gary Holt (EXODUS) as the initial temporary replacement for SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who is recovering from an infection thought...
April 21, 2011
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TWISTED SISTER to Guest On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

According to Interbridge.com's "The Late Night TV Page", TWISTED SISTER will guest on the Tuesday, April 26 edition of NBC-TV's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". The program will air at 12:35 a.m. ET (technically early Wednesday morning, April 27). On Friday, April 29, TWISTED SISTER will perform at t...
April 21, 2011
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EXODUS Guitarist To Perform With SLAYER At 'Big Four' Show In California

Gary Holt from veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will once again act as SLAYER's guest guitarist for this Saturday's (April 23) "Big Four" show in Indio, California, temporary filling in for Jeff Hanneman who is still recovering from surgery. In a recent interview with Austria's Stormb...
April 21, 2011