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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Featured In 'Healthiest People In Japan' Campaign

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman is featured in the "Healthiest People in Japan" TV campaign by Suntory, Japan's leading manufacturer of beverages and health products. Live footage from his latest Tokyo concert will also be featured in the commercial. In other TV news, during Marty's "Loudsp...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' Pushed Back To July; Audio Sample Available

LILLIAN AXE has had the release date of its first new studio album in nearly fifteen years (and first for the Metro City Records label),titled "Waters Rising", pushed back to July 17 from the previously announced June 19. The CD's title cut is now available for streaming at this location (second so...

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RON KEEL Discusses Possibility Of KEEL Reunion; Audio Available

Ron Keel, hot on the heels of his new 30-song release "The Ultimate Collection", checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss what the new CD means to him on a personal level; how his move from Nashville to Las Vegas has energized his entertainment career; how the diversity of his recording career may...

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BIFFY CLYRO Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the U.S. acquisition of Glasgow's latest rock sensation BIFFY CLYRO, a trio being heralded in some U.K. circles as "the new NIRVANA." "Puzzle" is the band's breakthrough new album, and is garnering massive attention in Britain. It was produced by GGGarth Richardson (...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Premieres In Washington, New Jersey And New York

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" have announced three June screenings of the documentary — Saturday, June 2 at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Sunday, June 3 at the Hoboken International Film Festival and Friday, June 22 at the Staten Island Film Festival. "The Los...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Appears On Japan's Top-Rated TV Show

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's May 5 appearance on the Japanese hit TV show "Chubaw Desuyo!" pulled the No. 1 nationwide rating in Japan's fiercely competitive Saturday night 11:00 p.m. time slot. Video footage of Friedman and his solo band performing in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands on Ap...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'For The Record, I Hate Instrumental Music'

Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman: On his new solo album, "Loudspeaker": Marty: "Over the last three years or so I have been extremely active in the public eye in Japan, but outside of Japan many of my longtime fans were...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary To Be Shown At New Haven Underground Film Festival

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will hit Meriden, CT this Saturday, May 12 as part of the New Haven Underground Film Festival. The movie screens at 5:30 p.m. at the...

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Cryptic Implosion

Anyone that has spent any amount of time with the technically proficient extreme bands on the Willowtip roster will not be surprised to find out that "Cryptic Implosion" from Santa Cruz, California's ODIOUS MORTEM is a awe-inspiring slab of accomplished death metal aggression. Jumping from well-resp...

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Doom Legends TROUBLE Are Back With 'Simple Mind Condition'

Mark Fields of GASPetc.com recently conducted an interview with TROUBLE co-founders Bruce Franklin (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums). A few excerpts follow: GASPetc: I suppose some folks might be curious as to what transpired between the initial splintering in the mid/late-Nineties, the sporadic...

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BLOTTED SCIENCE Featuring WATCHTOWER, CANNIBAL CORPSE Members: Audio Available

BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal triumvirate featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE),and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD.....THE ARCTOPUS, JORDAN RUDESS),has posted audio samples from its highly anticipated debut album, "The...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: New Concert Photos Available

A number of high-quality photos of long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES performing on April 23, 2007 at the SDF Ramonville in Toulouse, France have been posted online at the Metal Sickness web site. A brand new 20-minute video interview with SUICIDAL TENDENCIES...

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SOILWORK: Vocal Tracks For New Album Completed

Singer Björn "Speed" Strid of the Swedish metallers SOILWORK recently finished laying down vocal tracks for the group's new album in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the help of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. He has since issued the following update: "I'm back in Sweden now a...

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SHATTER MESSIAH Announces New Bassist

SHATTER MESSIAH, the Akron, Ohio-based band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ex-ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, has issued the following update: "SHATTER MESSIAH would like to welcome Jason Chamberlain to the band as our new friend and bass player. Jason took th...

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BLOTTED SCIENCE Featuring WATCHTOWER, CANNIBAL CORPSE Members: CD Details Revealed

BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal triumvirate featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE),and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD.....THE ARCTOPUS, JORDAN RUDESS),have released the track listing and album artwork to their highly anti...