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METALLICA's 'Orion Music + More' Festival To Be Held At Detroit's Belle Isle?

According to Crain's Detroit Business, the organizers of METALLICA's Orion Music + More festival are seriously considering Belle Isle as a destination for next year's edition of the two-day concert. Belle Isle is a 982-acre (1.534 square miles) island park in the Detroit River, between the United St...

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METALLICA Guitarist Talks Horror: LARS ULRICH 'Would Probably Make A Pretty Good Vampire'

Guitar World magazine recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about his book, "Too Much Horror Business - The Kirk Hammett Collection". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: If you made a horror film about METALLICA, which monster would play eac...

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METALLICA: 'Quebec Magnetic' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed

METALLICA's new live DVD, "Quebec Magnetic", sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on Billboard's Top Music Videos chart. Issued through the band's newly launched Blackened Recordings labe, the double DVD and single disc Blu-ray is available...

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SAMMY HAGAR Talks About His Inspirations, Successes, Challenges And Advice In Business - Part 2

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN, MONTROSE) took part in an interview and live performance at the 2012 National Middle Market Summit on October 23-24 at Ohio State University. Presented by the National Center For The Middle Market, Ohio State Fisher College Of Business and GE Cap...

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GHOST: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST will release its sophomore album, "Infestissumam", in the spring via Loma Vista Recordings, the new record label founded by Tom Whalley in partnership with Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group. Frontman Papa Emeritus and his Nameless Ghouls summone...

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MIKE PORTNOY Says His Former Bandmates In DREAM THEATER Have 'Done Some Irrefutable Damage'

Mike Portnoy says that it's highly improbably that he will ever rejoin DREAM THEATER because his former bandmates have "done some irrefutable damage behind the scenes." The drummer, who co-founded DREAM THEATER more than 20 years ago, abruptly quit the band in September 2010 while on tour with AVENG...

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LARS ULRICH: 'I Don't Think I'll Ever Be Bored Of Being In METALLICA'

In the latest issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine (order a copy at this location),METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich talks about the band's next album, their upcoming 3D film spectacular and the longterm future of the biggest metal band in the world. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Me...

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METALLICA's 'Orion Music + More' Festival To Take Place In Detroit Next Year

METALLICA's Orion Music + More festival, a two-day event featuring more than 20 bands which took place in June in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will be back in 2013 and it will be moving to a new location: Detroit, Michigan. More details regarding tickets and lineup for the event — which is scheduled t...

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ALESTORM Mainman's GLORYHAMMER: Debut Album Details Revealed

GLORYHAMMER, the "heroic fantasy power metal" project led by Christopher Bowes, the mastermind behind pirate metal sensation ALESTORM, with a desire to explore the more symphonic and epic side of metal, will release its debut album, "Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife", on March 29, 2013 via Napalm Reco...

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FEAR FACTORY Bassist Interviewed In Manchester (Video)

On December 15, Nick Azinas of Peek From The Pit conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY bassist Matt DeVries at The Ritz in Manchester, U.K. You can now watch the chat below. FEAR FACTORY's video for the title track of their new album, "The Industrialist", was directed and edited by James Zahn. Th...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Santiago Concert

On December 14, acclaimed vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) played a solo headlining concert at Club Rock & Guitarras in Santiago, Chile. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. The setlist was as follows:...

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JASON NEWSTED Slams Bands Who Charge Money For Meet-And-Greets: 'I Think It's Bullsh*t'

On December 18, Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: Welcome back! The metal word has missed Jason Newsted. Every...

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HELSTAR Taps SYMPHONY X Bassist For Upcoming Shows

Texas-based metal veterans HELSTAR have issued the following update: "It's been a few months since we've issued an update and there are several news items we'd like to share with you HEL-raisers on what to expect in 2013! "As many of you know, early in the new year we will set sail from Miami onboar...

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LITA FORD Joins GARY HOEY On Stage In Corona; Video Available

'80s hard rock queen Lita Ford joined guitarist/producer Gary Hoey on stage this past Saturday, December 15 at M15 Concert Bar & Grill in Corona, California to perform several tracks, including a cover version of ZZ TOP's "Tush". Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The lin...

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Music For New TOOL Album 'More Than Halfway' Done

According to The Pulse Of Radio, TOOL's webmaster posted a lengthy message online this week in which he claims that the band may be "more than halfway" finished writing the music for their fifth studio effort. The webmaster wrote, "While riding with Danny [Carey, drums] to Chili John's yesterday, I...