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METALLICA's TRUJILLO Loves MESHUGGAH
Sweden's Afonbladet TV has posted a two-minute video interview with METALLICA's Robert Trujillo in which the bassist talks about his love for Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH. He says, "It's great coming up here [to Sweden] and playing. I have a lot of respect for not only the fans u...March 9, 2009
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DECAPITATED's VOGG Seeking New Drummer, Singer
Guitarist Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka of the Polish extreme metallers DECAPITATED — whose brother, DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, died on November 2, 2007 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a road collision — has issued the following update "I was thinking about that for a lon...March 9, 2009
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AS I LAY DYING: 'This Is Who We Are' DVD Details Revealed
San Diego-based, Grammy-nominated metallers AS I LAY DYING have appeared on Taste Of Chaos, Ozzfest, headlined the 2006 Sounds Of The Underground Tour, Cornerstone, Bamboozle 2006 and just about every significant hard music festival around the globe. With "This Is Who We Are", AS I LAY DYING steps i...February 26, 2009
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KING DIAMOND Comments On 'Guitar Hero: Metallica' Game Inclusion
Danish singer King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND) has issued the following update: "So the black cat is out of the bag. August 2008, just before the Ozzfest, Lars Ulrich called me with a very unique suggestion. He was inviting MERCYFUL FATE to be a part of METALLICA's and Activision's Guitar...February 25, 2009
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OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Ozzy Osbourne will be the featured musical guest on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on the Friday, March 27 episode (which will actually air the morning of March 28 beginning at 12:05 a.m.). Ozzy Osbourne's long-running traveling metal festival, Ozzfest, will not take place in 2009. A press release is...February 25, 2009
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KING DIAMOND To Appear As Playable Character In 'Guitar Hero: Metallica'
METALLICA has confirmed that King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND) will appear as a playable character in the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" game, due in stores this spring. Fans, stagehands and groupies alike will have the opportunity to shred and drum with or wail as the digital King Diamond during...February 23, 2009
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DAATH: 'The Concealers' Track Listing, Artwork Revealed
Atlanta-based quintet DAATH has revealed the track listing and artwork for its new album, "The Concealers", which is scheduled for release on April 20 in Europe and April 21 in the U.S. through Century Media Records (via a partnership with Roadrunner Records). The CD was produced and mixed by Jason...February 20, 2009
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Reunited ULTRASPANK Working On New Material
California-based alt-metal quintet ULTRASPANK has reunited and is working on new material, tentatively due for release later in the year. Commented guitarist Jerry Oliviera: "After eight years of letting old wounds heal, other projects, and starting families (some of us),the old 'Spankers' are back...February 17, 2009
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ZAKK WYLDE Talks 'Guitar Hero', Upcoming BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 'Best-Of' Collection
Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with guitarist Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Live-Metal.net: I don't know if anything official has been announced yet, but I hear there's going to be some sort of greatest-hits or best-of compil...February 12, 2009
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It's Official: No OZZFEST This Year
Ozzy Osbourne is currently in the studio in Los Angeles co-producing his tenth studio album with Kevin Churko. The new CD is the rock and roll legend's follow-up to 2007's "Black Rain" which debuted in the Top Ten on the album charts in 11 countries and spawned Ozzy's first-ever #1 Active Rock track...February 12, 2009
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New DAATH Webisode Posted Online
Atlanta-based quintet DAATH has posted a new webisode (see below) featuring the screaming talents of the dynamic new vocalist Sean Z. Guitarist Eyal Levi states, "Sean Z is a fucking beast. This video is just us rehearsing a few tunes in the studio. Listen to how close he sounds to the record just i...February 11, 2009
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SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KORN Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival
SLIPKNOT, THE PRODIGY, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KORN, PENDULUM, DRAGONFORCE and DEVILDRIVER are the first confirmed bands for this year's edition of the the U.K.'s Download festival, set to take place over the weekend of June 12-14, 2009. More bands will be announced soon. The Download festival is a three-day m...February 9, 2009
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LAMB OF GOD Guitarist Talks About Touring With METALLICA
Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mark Morton of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: How was the METALLICA tour? Morton: Very, very cool. It was good opportunity for us, of course, opening for on...February 1, 2009
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CENTURY MEDIA Partners With ROADRUNNER To Release New DAATH Album
Century Media Records has announced a worldwide partnership with Roadrunner Records to release DAATH's new opus, "The Concealers", on April 20 in Europe and April 21 in the U.S. Guitarist Emil Werstler comments: "We mutually agreed that Century Media would be much more appropriate for the band at th...January 29, 2009
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DIMEBAG's Longtime Guitar Tech Discusses New DIME Amp; Video Available
Late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's longtime tech Grady Champion was interviewed by The Metal Nurse of SkullsNBones.com at this year's NAMM show, which was held January 15-18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. They spoke about Dean Guitars' new Di...January 29, 2009
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