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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Voted Greatest Metal Guitarist

According to The Pulse Of Radio, BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi has been named the greatest heavy metal guitarist of all time in a new survey posted by Gibson Guitars. The list of the top 10 metal axemen also includes METALLICA's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, late OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads...

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GODSMACK, STAIND Members Pay Tribute To PANTERA In Dallas (Video)

GODSMACK paid tribute to Texas metal masters PANTERA by covering "This Love" from 1992's influential "Vulgar Display Of Power" CD during their September 16 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival performance at Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, Texas. STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis took the stage to help w...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Is 'The Realest Motherf**ker I Know,' Says Guitarist MARZI MONTAZERI

The Metal Den's Randy "Rocket" Cody recently conducted an interview with guitarist Maziar "Marzi" Montazeri (ex-SUPERJOINT RITUAL) about Marzi's work on the upcoming solo album from former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo, "Walk Through Exits Only". Tentatively due in March 2013 via...

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GODSMACK Frontman Scolds Security For Using 'Unnecessary' Force While Tackling Fan (Video)

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna scolded the security for using "unnecessary" force while tackling a fan during the band's concert on August 31 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Just as GODSMACK had begun to play the song "Awake" while on tour as the headliners of the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, a...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Lands Publishing Deal For Autobiography

According to Metal Sucks, Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, ARSON ANTHEM, SUPERJOINT RITUAL) and BloodyDisgusting.com writer Corey Mitchell have secured a deal with Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, senior editor at Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books imprint, for Anselmo's autobiography, which will tentatively b...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Remembers DIMEBAG, Discusses 'Neon Knights' Cover (Video)

Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarists Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano. You can now watch the chat below. Asked for a particular memory that he has of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, Scott said, "Off t...

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Former TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN Guitarist Launches PANTERA Tribute Band

Guitarist Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT, LD/50, HATEFX) has joined forces with vocalist Derek Thompson (WEAPON STATUS RED),bassist Kimo Sanborn (FALLING TO PIECES) and drummer Nick Benigno (FALLING TO PIECES) in a PANTERA tribute band called HELLBOUND. Commented Glen: "I am absolutely having...

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SEVENDUST, ALTER BRIDGE Side Project PROJECTED Releases 'Watch It Burn' Lyric Video

What started out as a fun side-project for SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly and bassist Vince Hornsby, ALTER BRIDGE/CREED drummer Scott Phillips, and TREMONTI/CREED guitarist Eric Friedman has become PROJECTED. The band's debut album, "Human", will be released September 18 on Connolly's own Yaya Pa...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist ROB CAGGIANO: RANDY BLYTHE 'Didn't Do Anything Wrong'

ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano (pictured below) is one of a number of musicians who have come out in support of LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe, who is facing manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic. Blythe, 41, is accused of causing the fatal injury that occurred at LAMB OF GOD's May 24, 2010...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I've Made More Bad Decisions Than Great Decisions In My Life'

Michael Christopher of The Boston Phoenix recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how he remembers his time in PANTERA: Anselmo: "I miss the days, I long for the days, sometimes, and I miss [lat...

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GOD FORBID Frontman: RANDY BLYTHE Incarceration 'Makes Me Not Want To Go To Czech Republic'

David E. Gehlke of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with GOD FORBID frontman Byron Davis. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Blistering.com: You're really good friends with LAMB OF GOD and Doc [Coyle] was on loan to them a few years ago, so what's your take on the Randy Blythe sit...

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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO On RANDY BLYTHE Incarceration, Hypothetical PANTERA Reunion (Audio)

On July 24, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with FOZZY singer and WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow. On LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe facing manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic ov...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's Autobiography Proposal To Be Shopped To Major Publishing Houses

According to Metal Sucks, Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, ARSON ANTHEM, SUPERJOINT RITUAL) and BloodyDisgusting.com writer Corey Mitchell have enlisted literary super-agent Jeff Herman to shop the proposal for Anselmo's autobiography, which will tentatively be titled "Mouth For War: Pantera, Pain, &a...

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VINNIE PAUL: Reforming PANTERA Without DIMEBAG 'Would Tarnish The Legacy Of The Band'

Ned of the WGRD 97.9 FM radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott as well as Vinnie's HELLYEAH bandmate Tom Maxwell. You can now listen to the entire 11-minute chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple o...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: Two Solo Tracks To Be Made Available On Split Release With WARBEAST

Two songs from the forthcoming solo album from former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo will be made available on a split EP with a pair of previously unreleased tracks from WARBEAST. The effort — which will include the WARBEAST cuts "IT" and "Birth Of A Psycho" — is tentatively due i...