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MASTODON, RISE AGAINST Confirmed For Switzerland's SONISPHERE

MASTODON and RISE AGAINST will perform at the Swiss edition of the Sonisphere festival on Friday, June 18, 2010 at Degenaupark in Wil/Jonschwil, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: METALLICA SLAYER MEGADETH ANTHRAX HEAVEN & HELL MOTÖRHEAD RISE AGAINST MASTODON (Thanks: J...

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KORN, DREAM THEATER, MACHINE HEAD Members To Take Part In All-Star Jam For DEFTONES Bassist

Members of KORN, DEFTONES, P.O.D., SUICIDE SILENCE, MACHINE HEAD and SKID ROW will take part in an all-star jam to benefit DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng on January 16, 2010 at The Slidebar in Fullerton, California. The following artists are scheduled to appear, among others: * DEFTONES members * KORN m...

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KORN, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TESTAMENT Members To Appear On DEAN's 'Live From NAMM' Webcast

Jose Mangin, on-air personality and program director for Sirius XM and guest host of MTV2's "Headbangers Ball", along with Metal Sanaz, who has risen to great popularity with nearly 1,000,000 dedicated fans on MySpace and has served as official host of MySpace: A Place For Metal, will host the 2010...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'My Career Right Now Is Just Exploding'

Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT),Tom Araya (SLAYER),Kerry King (SLAYER) and Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH) were interviewed for the February 2010 issue of Decibel magazine (order online),which features a cover story on the upcoming "American Carnage" tour. The Mustaine section of the story follows in its entire...

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SLIPKNOT, SOULFLY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, TRIVIUM Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of '00s

SLIPKNOT, SOULFLY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DRAGONFORCE and TRIVIUM members are among the Roadrunner recording artists whose favorite albums of the the '00s (and accompanying comments) can be found at this location. Also available are picks from various Roadrunner employees, interns, band managers and oth...

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TESTAMENT Frontman To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, January 3 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. For information, go to this location. TESTAMENT is preparing to...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN's Collaboration With ANDREW W.K.: 'Kiba' Video Released

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will release a new single, "Kiba", on January 27, 2010 via Avex. According to CDJapan.co.jp, the limited-edition single, which is a collaboration with Andrew W.K., will include a sticker and a bonus DVD with promotional footage. A regular version of the singl...

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Insurrection Rising

Word has it that the U.K.'s SAVAGE MESSIAH kicked up some dust in its native country with the release of debut album "Spitting Venom" on its own imprint, SMR Productions. Candlelight Records took notice, signed the lads, and released the follow up, "Insurrection Rising", a shiny slice of thrash and...

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DAVID ELLEFSON To Aspiring Musicians: 'In Order To Be Great, You Have To Be Different'

IndependentRockstar.com recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current F5/HAIL! bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. IndependentRockstar.com: David, what is one habit that you have that has been an important contributor to your success? Ellefson:...

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MUSTAINE: Praying 'That I Won't Piss As Many People Off This Week As I Did Last Week'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "In the studio yesterday it was time to stoke the old furnace, and actually fire up my amps WITHOUT my guitar tech, the inimitable Willie Gee. I started, much to my amazement, put...

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LAMB OF GOD Frontman Interviewed In Sydney

Christina Rowatt conducted an interview with vocalist Randy Blythe of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD when the band played Sydney, Australia on December 12, 2009. Watch the chat below. Having recently wrapped up U.S. their tour with METALLICA, LAMB OF GOD are celebrating their latest accomp...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG On 'Westlake And The Pig' Show; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH lead guitarist Jeff Young responded to the recent accusations made by the band's frontman, Dave Mustaine, during an appearance on JFL Radio's "Westlake and The Pig" show on Saturday, December 26. The entire three-hour program is now available for streaming using the audio player belo...

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MUSTAINE: I Have Been Praying Hard That I Would Be Friends With SLAYER Again And METALLICA Too

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I went to go get a coronary calcium CT scan, or, in other words, a heart scan, and I have good news! They found one!! "All kidding aside, I had my heart scan done and my ...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Tokyo Jukebox' To Receive European Release In February

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's ninth album, "Tokyo Jukebox", will be released in Europe on February 22, 2010 via Mascot Records. The CD will feature extendsive liner notes (written by Friedman in the "story behind the song" format) which are exclusive to the European release. In other ne...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist Talks About Death Of His Father, His Heart Condition; Video Available

Shannon's Bands conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD before the group's November 27, 2009 concert at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, California with MEGADETH. Watch the chat below. In a recent interview with Full Metal Rock, Demmel stated abou...