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VOIVOD To Join Forces With Montreal Symphony Orchestra For Two Special Concerts In January 2025

Canadian sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD will join forces with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal for two extraordinary concerts, conducted by Dina Gilbert. This legendary Quebec band, known worldwide for redefining the boundaries of metal for over 40 years, will take the stage at Salle Wilfrid-Pe...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Reflects On Missed Opportunity To Audition For METALLICA As JAMES HETFIELD's Temporary Replacement

Jeff Waters says that METALLICA approached the ANNIHILATOR camp to ask him to audition for METALLICA as James Hetfleld's temporary replacement (on guitar only) while James recovered from being burned onstage back in 1992. METALLICA's guitar tech John Marshall, who previously filled in for Hetfield i...

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VOIVOD Gets Standing Ovation At World Premiere Of 'We Are Connected' Documentary: Video, Photos

VOIVOD's long-awaited official documentary, "We Are Connected", received its world premiere last night (Monday, July 29) at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Video and photos of VOIVOD's appearance at the event can be seen below (video courtesy of The Metal Voice)...

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VOIVOD's Official Documentary To Receive World Premiere At Montreal's FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

VOIVOD's long-awaited official documentary, "We Are Connected", will receive its world premiere tonight (Monday, July 29) at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Canada. "We Are Connected" dives deep into the 40-plus-year legacy of one of the most original and influential me...

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ANNIHILATOR Founder JEFF WATERS Releases New Single From AMERIKAN KAOS Project

In May, Metal Department released the debut album from AMERIKAN KAOS, "Armageddon Boogie". AMERIKAN KAOS is described in a press release as "the secret love child" of guitar virtuoso Jeff Waters, best known as the founder and leader of Canadian thrash metal pioneers ANNIHILATOR. AMERIKAN KAOS was bo...

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ANNIHILATOR To Be Joined By STU BLOCK For One-Off Performance Of 'Alice In Hell' Album During Livestream Event

Following the cancelation of ANNIHILATOR's appearance at the Topfest in Slovakia, which was scheduled for late this month, the Canadian thrash metal pioneers have announced a livestream event from the United Kingdom celebrating the 35th anniversary of ANNIHILATOR's classic debut album, "Alice In Hel...

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MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN Brings Climate Change Fight To Metal Scene With SAVAGE LANDS

By David E. Gehlke Environmental topics in metal are nothing new — ANNIHILATOR has "Stonewall", OBITUARY made a rare topical salvo with "Don't Care" and GOJIRA has been writing about saving the whales and the oceans for years. Penning metal songs about the challenges the earth faces against relentle...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Announces First Part Of AMERIKAN KAOS Trilogy, 'Armageddon Boogie'

On April 26, Metal Department will release the debut album from AMERIKAN KAOS, "Armageddon Boogie". AMERIKAN KAOS is described in a press release as "the secret love child" of guitar virtuoso Jeff Waters, best known as the founder and leader of Canadian thrash metal pioneers ANNIHILATOR. AMERIKAN KA...

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Watch: OVERKILL Performs In Quito With Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON

Fan-filmed video of OVERKILL's April 19 concert at The Metal Fest at Parque Bicentenario in Quito, Ecuador can be seen below. In a recent interview with The Metal Podcast, David Ellefson spoke about the announcement that OVERKILL recruited him to play bass on the New Jersey thrash metal veterans' "S...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Praises OVERKILL: 'They Don't Have A 'Risk' Or A 'St. Anger' Anywhere In Their Catalog'

In a new interview with The Metal Podcast, David Ellefson spoke about the recent announcement that New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL have recruited him to play bass for the band on their "Scorching Latin America 2024" tour. The former MEGADETH member is filling in for original OVERKILL bassi...

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AWAY Says VOIVOD's Long-Awaited Official Documentary Is 'Almost Done'

In a new interview with Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice, VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin spoke about the status of the band's long-awaited official documentary. Tentatively titled "We Are Connected", the film will cover VOIVOD's history from unlikely origins in northern Québec at the hei...

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VOIVOD's Long-Awaited Official Documentary 'We Are Connected' To Premiere At Festivals This Summer

Canadian prog-metal stalwarts VOIVOD have launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help them finance their official documentary film. From unlikely origins in northern Québec at the height of the Cold War, VOIVOD's post-apocalyptic sci-fi aesthetic fueled by a youthful obsession with their instruments...

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K.K. DOWNING Talks About Evolution From Early Rock To Modern Heavy Metal

In a new interview with The Times, original JUDAS PRIEST and current KK'S PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was asked what he thinks makes metalheads unique. He responded: "It's just getting into those bands that evolved, that took music from blues and progressive blues in the late '60s and early '70s....

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Drummer RAY HARTMANN Pulls Out Of ANNIHILATOR's 'Alice In Hell' 35th-Anniversary Concert

Ex-ANNIHILATOR drummer Ray Hartmann will not join his former band for the group's previously announced appearance at the Topfest in Slovakia this coming June. The show will celebrate the 35th anniversary of ANNIHILATOR's classic debut album, "Alice In Hell", with former ICED EARTH frontman Stu Block...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Has Finished Three Solo Albums: I Wanted To 'Do Something Outside Of The Heavy Metal Thing'

In a new interview with The Metal Voice conducted at last month's NAMM convention in Anaheim, California, ANNIHILATOR leader Jeff Waters was asked if he is working on any new music. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "New music, yes, [but] not with ANNIHILATOR. I've been doing this A...