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STEEL PANTHER Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

STEEL PANTHER — the '80s metal/hard rock tribute band formerly known as METAL SKOOL — has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Loud Park festival, set to take place October 17-18 at Makuhari Messe, a convention center in Japan located in the western region of Chiba Prefecture, close to...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: The Fact That My Son Is Going To Be Even Smarter Than I Am Is Frightening

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posed the following message on the band's official MySpace page: "Well, I made it and day two of the procedure is almost over [referring to recent surgery for a neck injury — Ed.] . I wanted to take this time to thank you for all of your support. It was ...

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ONSLAUGHT To Tour South America In October

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT will embark on a tour of South America in October. Guitarist Nige Rockett states, "The tour will begin in Brazil on October 8, closing with three shows in Colombia on October 16-18. There are still a few dates/countries to be announced, but we should have all the final de...

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EXODUS To Play Taiwan, China In September

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will play in Taiwan and China immediately following their Thrash Domination 2009 tour of Japan in September. The dates are as follows: Sep. 23 - The Wall Livehouse - Taipei City, Taiwan Sep. 25 - MAO Livehouse - Beijing, China EXODUS will perform its classic d...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Releases New Book In Japan

On July 23, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's second hardcover book, "Samurai no Ongakuron", was released in Japan. It is the follow-up to the bestseller "Ii Jyan J-Pop" (English translation: Awesome J-pop). "Samurai no Ongakuron" was published by the largest entertainment media publisher i...

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MELIAH RAGE: 'Masquerade' Pushed Back To Late August

"Masquerade", the new album from veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE, has had its release date pushed back to August 25 (via Screaming Ferret/Metro City Records) from the previously announced July 28. The CD was recorded at The Outpost in Stoughton, Massachusetts and was mastered at the end...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Denies He Told MUSTAINE METALLICA Planned To Fire ULRICH

According to a short message that was just posted on ANTHRAX's official Twitter account, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's claim that ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian told Dave that METALLICA was planning on firing drummer Lars Ulrich in 1986 is "not true." The post adds, "Little does anyone know but Lars...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: METALLICA Was Planning To Fire LARS ULRICH Before CLIFF BURTON Died

Greg Prato of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RollingStone.com: "Endgame" is certainly one of MEGADETH's most riff-heavy releases. Mustaine: Making this record, there was a lot of different facets....

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MEGADETH Fan Reports On 'Headcrusher' Video Shoot

MEGADETH filmed a video for the song "Headcrusher" yesterday (Tuesday, July 28) in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, California. The track is the first single from the band's new album, "Endgame", which is scheduled for release on September 15 via Roadrunner Records. A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the...

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WHIPLASH: 'Unborn Again' E-Card Available

An e-card for "Unborn Again", the new album from reactivated New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH, can be found below. Due on August 5 via Pulverised Records, the CD was recorded at Mozart Studio with world-renowned engineer/producer Harris Johns (SODOM, KREATOR, HELLOWEEN, SEPULTURA). The band mixed and m...

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MEGADETH Mainman To Undergo 'Very Quick And Painless' Surgery Tomorrow

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "When you love someone or something so much that it actually starts to hurt you, yet you continue to stay in a relationship, or in a circumstance, or in a situation where you start to do damage to yourself and others. "Well, I have been...

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MEGADETH: 'Endgame' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for MEGADETH's new album, "Endgame", can be viewed below. Due on September 15 via Roadrunner Records, the CD was recorded at the band's brand new, self-built studio in San Marcos, California — Vic's Garage — which was named after the legendary and iconic Vic Rattlehead character. "...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'The Root Of All Evil' Artwork Revealed

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will release a new album, "The Root Of All Evil", on September 28 in Europe and October 6 in North America via Century Media Records. This special collection features re-recorded versions of songs from the band's first three LPs — "Black Earth" (1996),"St...

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MEGADETH: Japanese 'Endgame' Release Date Confirmed

MEGADETH's new album, "Endgame", will be made available in Japan via Roadrunner Records on September 9 — six days earlier than its scheduled U.S. release. The CD was recorded at the band's brand new, self-built studio in San Marcos, California — Vic's Garage — which was named after the legendary and...

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NEVERMORE: Footage From Today's ZWARTE CROSS Festival Posted Online

Video footage of NEVERMORE's July 25, 2009 performance on the Aardschok stage (powered by Jägermeister) at this year's Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival in Lichtenvoorde, Holland can be viewed below (clips uploaded by Erhan Düzey). NEVERMORE will enter the studio in August with producer (and SOILW...