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MASTODON's BRENT HINDS: We Decided To Write And Record A Cool Album That's Badass

Chris Kies of Premier Guitar recently conducted an interview with Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Premier Guitar: Your previous albums have been pretty epic. How did your approach differ for "The Hunter"? Kelli...

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MALEFICE Announces New Guitarist

After a baptism of fire standing in for Alex Vuskans on the band's recent U.K. run with SYLOSIS, British modern metallers MALEFICE have announced that Andy Wilson will take over on a permanent basis. Commented Wilson: "I am very excited to be taking on the MALEFICE slot full-time. The SYLOSIS tour c...

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WEDNESDAY 13: 'Calling All Corpses' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Calling All Corpses", the new solo album from MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13, sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 21 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, d...

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'American Idol' Metalhead JAMES DURBIN Prepares For Release Of Solo Debut

"American Idol" finalist James Durbin is gearing up for the release of his Wind-Up album "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster" on November 21, and is giving fans a taste of what's to come as he reveals the track list and first two singles from the highly anticipated debut. The anthemic lead single "Sta...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: If It Were Up To Me, We'd Do A Hundred More 'Big Four' Shows

Dave Pehling of SF Weekly recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SF Weekly: Joey Belladonna sings as well as I've ever heard on "Worship Music". How much of the vocal melodies were already established prior to his coming bac...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Don't Need The Rock Media As Much As The Rock Media Needs Me'

Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: Looking back on your body of work, how do you feel you evolved as an artist over the years? Bach: I think that I have gotten better ...

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BAD RELIGION, STAIND, UNEARTH, CATHEDRAL, SHADOWS FALL, KITTIE Confirmed For SOUNDWAVE

BAD RELIGION, STAIND, WEDNESDAY 13, UNEARTH, CATHEDRAL, SHADOWS FALL and KITTIE are among the newly confirmed bands for next year's Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March. Newly confirmed acts: BAD RELIGION STRUNG OUT STAIND WEDNESDAY 13 UNEARTH THE PRETTY RE...

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SLASH: New Songtitles Revealed

Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) has completed the first recording session for his upcoming solo album at Barefoot Recording in Hollywood, California with producer Eric Valentine (QUEENS OF STONE AGE, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS). Joining Slash in the studio were the members o...

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MIDNIGHT CHASER: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

Following the tremendous response to their 2010 self-titled EP, the San Francisco Bay-Area bad boys of rock 'n' roll MIDNIGHT CHASER return with a full-length album, "Rough And Tough". A raw and rough romp through nine tracks of adrenaline-fueled hard rock and heavy metal with influences ranging fro...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Talks To USA TODAY About 'Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy' Book (Video)

Legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne recently spoke to USA Today about his new book, "Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock's Ultimate Survivor". You can now watch the interview below. In "Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy", Ozzy Osbourne embraces his status as a medical marvel to tell incredible stor...

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PRIMAL FEAR Drummer Interviewed On 'Rock Spot Plus' (Video)

Puerto Rico's only online TV rock show "Rock Spot Plus" (web site) recently conducted an interview with drummer Randy Black of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. You can now watch the chat below. PRIMAL FEAR recently finished filming a video for the song "Bad Guys Wear Black" at an "amazing" locati...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I'm Very Lucky To Have Been Blessed With Good Hair Genes'

Sam Parker of Asylum.co.uk recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Asylum.co.uk: Ozzy, we all know about the bat incident, but is there any animal you definitely would not consider eating? Ozzy: Actually I don'...

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MEGADETH Mainman Discusses 'TH1RT3EN' Album On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was interviewed on this past weekend's (October 14-16) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJac...

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DOWN To Begin Recording On Friday

DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein has confirmed via Facebook that the band will start laying down drum tracks for its next release this coming Friday, October 21. Windstein in June told Radio Metal that DOWN is planning to release four separate EPs over the course of the next couple of years. "We're ...

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I'm sure STAIND mainman Aaron Lewis sowed a few oats last year loaded up the ol' pick-up truck and headed out to the sticks for his country-flavored solo EP "Town Line". The ride back, however, seems to have left a bitter taste in the songwriter's mouth. Far be it from me to ever consider STAIND ...