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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area Metal Musician JON TORRES Dies

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area heavy metal musician Jon Torres, who played bass and guitar for a number of the region's most acclaimed cult acts, including ULYSSES SIREN, HEATHEN and LÄÄZ ROCKIT, died Monday night as a result of a reported heart failure. At the time of his death, Torres was married...

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KREATOR Guitarist Talks To METAL SHOCK FINLAND (Audio)

Tarja Virmakari of Metal Shock Finland recently conducted an interview with guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö of German/Finnish thrash metal veterans KREATOR. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. KREATOR's new concert DVD/Blu-ray, "Dying Alive", was released on August 30 via Nuclear...

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CARCASS: Part Two Of 'Surgical Steel' Track-By-Track Breakdown

Part two of a track-by-track breakdown of "Surgical Steel", the new full-length album from reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS, can be seen below. Watch guitarist Bill Steer and drummer Dan Wilding explain the songwriting process for the tracks "The Master Butcher's Apron", "Noncompli...

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GENE HOGLAN Will Not Take Part In DARK ANGEL Reunion, Says DON DOTY

Drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DETHKLOK, FEAR FACTORY, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) will not take part in the planned reunion of classic late '80s /early '90s California thrashers DARK ANGEL in 2014. The band's original vocalist, Don Doty, states: "I found out yesterday [Gene] has many commitments and unab...

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VINNY APPICE: Video Footage Of La Mesa Drum Clinic

Video footage Vinny Appice's (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE, KILL DEVIL HILL) August 28 drum clinic at Guitar Center in La Mesa, California can be seen below. Vinny Appice has anchored the rhythm and power live and in the studio for the music of DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN &...

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TROUBLE Guitarist Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' Podcast (Audio)

Guitarist Rick Wartell of Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. TROUBLE recently announced the addition of bassist Rob Hultz to the group's ranks. Hultz is no stranger to the heav...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarists CHRIS HOLMES, RANDY PIPER To Perform With SIN CITY SINNERS

Former W.A.S.P. guitarists Chris Holmes and Randy Piper will join SIN CITY SINNERS on stage on Friday, September 6 at Count's Vamp'd Rock Bar & Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada. SIN CITY SINNERS features Todd Kerns (SLASH, AGE OF ELECTRIC),Brent Muscat (FASTER PUSSYCAT),Rob Cournoyer (RAGING SLAB) a...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About Writing Process For Next Album

During a brand new interview with Chile's Radio Futuro, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was asked about his recent revelation that he was "studying a lot of world history and a lot of crazy science stuff for new lyrics" that will presumably be included on the band's next studio album. "Writing a reco...

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PLACE VENDOME Featuring MICHAEL KISKE: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records will release the much-anticipated third album from PLACE VENDOME, "Thunder In The Distance", on November 1 in Europe and November 5 in North America. PLACE VENDOME is the melodic rock project featuring UNISONIC and former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske on all lead vocals and produc...

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EUROPE: 'Live At Sweden Rock - 30th Anniversary Show' Double CD, DVD, Blu-Ray Detailed

EUROPE's 30th-anniversary performance at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden was the band's only Swedish concert of 2013 and the stage show was one of the greatest, if not the greatest of the band's entire career. The setlist was specially composed from EUROPE's ent...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Perform With SIN CITY SINNERS

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach will join SIN CITY SINNERS on stage on Saturday, September 14 at Count's Vamp'd Rock Bar & Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada. SIN CITY SINNERS features Todd Kerns (SLASH, AGE OF ELECTRIC),Brent Muscat (FASTER PUSSYCAT),Rob Cournoyer (RAGING SLAB) and Zach Throne...

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Alive In Poland

Six years after-the-fact, Metal Mind Productions re-releases Blaze Bayley's 2007 double concert album, "Alive in Poland". Captured at the 2007 Metalmania Festival in Katowice, Poland with the debut lineup of the BLAZE BAYLEY band, faithful Bayley supporters were served up a round robin indulgence. D...

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Civilization Under Threat

With a metal band carrying the moniker POTENTIAL THREAT SF, you can place a safe bet you're coming straight to a hub where the famed Bay Area thrash scene is celebrated. POTENTIAL THREAT SF was originally formed in 1986, in the midst of the San Fran slam uprising. Thus you'll forgive them if they co...

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Give No Quarter

One of Maryland's best-kept secrets is the sludge-prog trio ADMIRAL BROWNING. From the land that gave the metal world CLUTCH, ADMIRAL BROWNING may not be as much on the dime as the former, but five albums of instinctive, drop-kicked progression speaks volumes. Seriously, ADMIRAL BROWNING is one of t...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Interviewed By BLOODSTOCK RADIO (Video)

Redd of Bloodstock Radio conducted an interview with British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 8-11 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Bayley will release a career-s...