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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Am Really Grateful To Have A Job That I Love'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "I think we all are aware of the quality of [MEGADETH's new album] 'Endgame', and I attribute that to hard work, perseverance, and following my heart, instead of worrying about what the label is going to say, our what the people at radi...

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EXODUS Cancels Beijing Show

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have issued the following update: "Due to visa issue with China, we are forced to cancel our Beijing show [on September 25 at Mao Live House]. We want to thank the Chinese fans as well as Painkiller magazine/Icon Promotions for their support and understanding....

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Am No Longer The Easiest Boy To Hate In Heavy Metal'

Peter Hodgson of I Heart Guitar recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Heart Guitar: "Endgame" is really energetic and angry. Where did that come from? Mustaine: I don't really know what spurred this on other than just...

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SLAYER's KING Says DAVE MUSTAINE Is 'Pompous', 'A Hypocrite' And 'A Great Guitar Player'

SLAYER members Kerry King (guitar) and Dave Lombardo (drums) took part in a press conference with members of the French media on August 31, 2009 in Paris, France. Watch the question-and-answer session in three parts below (courtesy of MetalSickness.com). When asked about his long-running "feud" with...

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MEGADETH Drummer Says He 'Hated' Seeing Brother GLEN Leave The Band

Kevin Stewart-Panko of Hellbound.ca recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Hellbound.ca: Your brother [guitarist Glen Drover] left the band. From your perspective, in being in a band with your brother, how did that impact...

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MACHINE HEAD Explains Lack Of North American Headlining Tour In Support Of 'The Blackening'

Some of MACHINE HEAD's U.S.-based fans have been wondering why the San Francisco Bay Area metal band has not yet announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of "The Blackening" — despite the fact that the album is now two and a half years old. In a posting on MACHINE HEAD's official message board, t...

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MACHINE HEAD To Tour Europe With HATEBREED, BLEEDING THROUGH And ALL SHALL PERISH

Since the release of "The Blackening" in March of 2007, San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have toured incessantly, playing more than 300 shows in support of the Grammy-nominated album. And while this three-year-long album cycle has seen MACHINE HEAD share U.S. and European stages as main...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Featured On Japan's 'Sweet Jam'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman is the featured guest on two separate episodes of BS-Japan's "Sweet Jam". The show features a rare look into his private life as well as a performance of a song from his latest solo album, "Tokyo Jukebox". Broadcast times are Thursday, September 17 at 10:00 p...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Continuing Work On Rock/Fusion Album

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, EIDOLON) is working on a full-length album of instrumental rock/fusion songs. The first track to be completed was a cover version of AL DI MEOLA's "Egyptian Danza", also featuring Jim Gilmour (SAGA),Chris Sutherland (KIM MITCHELL) on drums...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist's OHMPHREY Confirmed For JAM CRUISE 8

OHMPHREY, the new band featuring Chris Poland (OHM:, MEGADETH) and Robertino Pagliari (OHM:) alongside jam-band masters Jake Cinnger, Joel Cummins, and Kris Myer of UMPHREY'S MCGEE, has been confirmed for Jam Cruise 8, which will set sail January 3-8, 2010 on the beautiful Italian ship: MSC Poesia....

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GOTTHARD Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD have 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 Tokyo. The festival billing is shaping up as follow...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE To Begin Recording His Radio Program Next Week

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "It is official! On August 31st between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., I am going to be in the Clear Channel radio station down here in San Diego recording my first of 36 months' worth of my new radio program. "I am going to have a ...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist Discusses Grunge Movement

The 28th installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast features a discussion between host Bob Nalbandian, author Martin Popoff, Neeley from "The Classic Metal Show" and former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson about the ever-so-popular grunge movement that ruled the music scene in the early t...

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MEGADETH Mainman Talks About His Record Collection, Love Of Vinyl

Germany's Plattenladenwoche web site recently spoke to MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine about his record collection and love of vinyl. Watch the five-minute chat below. MEGADETH's new album, "Endgame", is due on September 15 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at the band's brand new, self-bui...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE: 'GLEN DROVER Was A Temporary Member That Did Us A Real Solid'

Keith Carman of Exclaim.ca recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On MEGADETH's new album, "Endgame": "I think a lot of ['Endgame''s strength] comes from that the band is really getting along right now. The chemistry is r...