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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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BABYJANE: 'She's Just A Liar' Video Released

"She's Just A Liar", the new video from Australia-based hard rockers BABYJANE, can be seen below. The clip was filmed by Kundabuffer Photography & Multimedia and was directed by Baz Harvey. "She's Just A Liar" comes off BABYJANE's sophomore album, "Make It Sick", which is available at CDBaby.com...

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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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Report: Joining SPOTIFY Hasn't Been Good For METALLICA's Sales

According to Billboard.biz, the sales of METALLICA's studio albums were negatively impacted by the band's decision to add its catalog to the streaming service Spotify on December 6. Based on Nielsen SoundScan data for METALLICA's studio albums for four-week periods leading up to Christmas from 2008...

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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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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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AEON ZEN: 'Divinity' Video Released

"Divinity", the new video from English progressive metallers AEON ZEN, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Enigma", which will be released January 22, 2013 on Nightmare Records. The CD is described in a press release as "an ambitiously creative and powerful concept album...

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NEWSTED: First Song Available For Streaming

"Soldierhead", the first song from NEWSTED, the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, was premiered on last night's (Monday, December 17) edition of the "Eddie Trunk Live" show on SiriusXM satellite radio and can now be streamed in the YouTube clip be...

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Legendary Early '80s Fanzine THE HEADBANGER To Be Re-Released As Ebooks

Bob Nalbandian, founder and publisher of the esteemed early '80s heavy metal music fanzine The Headbanger, has struck a deal with Tokyo-based company Japanime Publishing to release all 11 issues of the Xeroxed 'zine as ebooks. Never before has the fanzine — which featured early interviews of local a...

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METALLICA Working On 'Heavy', 'Energetic' New Music

METALLICA has finally commenced work on material for the follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" for a tentative 2014 release. Speaking to Metal Hammer for the magazine's January 2013 issue (order a copy at this location),the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich, described the new music, saying "The stuff that...

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LORDI Signs With AFM RECORDS, Unveils New Lineup

Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI have inked a deal with AFM Records. The Hamburg, Germany-based label will release the band's new album, "To Beast Or Not To Beast", on March 8 worldwide (excluding Finland and USA). According to a press release, "All fans can look forward to a masterpiece full of h...