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Former METAL MANIACS Magazine Editor KATHERINE LUDWIG Is Battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; How You Can Help

Katherine Ludwig, former editor of the long-running heavy metal magazine Metal Maniacs, is battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which has spread in pockets throughout her body. A Facebook page has been launched to "relieve some of the burden to ease costs that go along with all of the guts and glory tha...

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TED NUGENT Urges Americans To 'Ammo Up' In Preparation For 9/11 Anniversary Attack From 'Allahpuke Zombies'

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent has generated a fresh wave controversy after urging Americans to "ammo up" in preparation for a 9/11 anniversary attack from "4th world allahpuke zombies." Writing on his Facebook page, Nugent predicted that "helpless Americans and Europeans will be viciously...

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BIOHAZARD Drummer DANNY SCHULER Never Wanted His Band To Be Connected To Pornography

"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — last month conducted an interview with BIOHAZARD drummer Danny Schuler. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current lineup of...

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'NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990' Book Due In November

"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990", Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely infl...

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MY DYING BRIDE Parts Ways With Guitarist HAMISH GLENCROSS, Welcomes Back CALVIN ROBERTSHAW

U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE have parted ways with guitarist Hamish Glencross due to "irreconcilable differences" and have been rejoined by Calvin Robertshaw. MY DYING BRIDE's three remaining festival appearances in 2014 — Denmark's Copenhell on June 13, Slovenia's Metaldays on July 25 an...

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Former CRO-MAGS Bassist HARLEY FLANAGAN Continuing Work On New Album

Former CRO-MAGS bass player and one-time frontman Harley Flanagan is in the process of recording his newest LP, to be released later this year on Southern Lord. With his musical roots tracing back to the beginning of the 1980s, Flanagan was involved in New York City punk act THE STIMULATORS before e...

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Why MACHINE HEAD Decided To Cover IGNITE's 'Our Darkest Days / Bleeding' For 'Record Store Day' Single

Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD has posted the latest installment of his online blog, "The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman... And Other Ramblings". It follows below in its entirety. "Sometime in late 2006, during the recording of 'The Blackening', I read a Revolver...

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POTENTIAL THREAT SF: 'Destroy And Dominate' Video Released

"Destroy And Dominate", the new video from Bay Area thrash metallers POTENTIAL THREAT SF, can be seen below. The clip was directed and edited by Mike Sloat and was filmed at Soundwave Studios in Oakland, California. "Destroy And Dominate" is taken from POTENTIAL THREAT SF's latest album, "Civilizati...

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AKANI Featuring AT THE GATES, MERAUDER, ENTOMBED, Ex-SOILWORK Members: Another Song Available

"Slither", a brand new song from AKANI, the band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED),vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER),guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY),bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE),can be st...

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AT THE GATES, MERAUDER, ENTOMBED, Ex-SOILWORK Members Join Forces In AKANI

AKANI, the new band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED),vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER),guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY),bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE),will release a four-song seven-inch si...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's MIKE D'ANTONIO Discusses '90s Hardcore Scene (Video)

Shed My Skin 's interview with bassist Mike D'Antonio of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was essentially two '90s hardcore kids catching up, talking the early days of what over the years magically morphed into the new wave of metal. In the 14-minute clip below, Shed My Skin and D'Antonio d...

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Former CRO-MAGS Bassist HARLEY FLANAGAN Releases 'Trust No One' Demo Track

Former CRO-MAGS bass player and one-time frontman Harley Flanagan has released a demo version of a new solo song titled "Trust No One". The track, which features Al Romano (SUN RED SUN, BELLADONNA) on guitar, is expected to appear on Flanagan's upcoming CD, due later in the year via Southern Lord. "...

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MADBALL's MITTS: 'New York Pioneered What Still Lasts As Hardcore Today'

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mitts (real name: Brian Daniels) of New York hardcore legends MADBALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: What is MADBALL currently up to? Mitts: We're writing for a new record right now. We've got three...

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NEGATIVE SKY Signs With ROCKARMY RECORDS

New Jersey-based metalcore band NEGATIVE SKY has signed with RockArmy Records for the worldwide release of its new five-song EP, "Death Of The Sun". Formed in 2009, NEGATIVE SKY — vocalist Dan Caputo, guitarist J.J. Sammataro, bassist George Pond, and drummer Tom Fitzgibbon — has become a fierce pre...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Featured In GUITAR AFICIONADO Magazine

According to the Van Halen News Desk, VAN HALEN guitar legend Eddie Van Halen is featured in the January/February 2014 issue of Guitar Aficionado magazine. "I'm not the typical guitar collector in the least," Eddie is quoted as saying in the article. "I've bought a lot of vintage pieces over the yea...