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III

"I am very proud of the new album", says lead singer Sammy Hagar [in a recent press release]. "We're calling the album 'Chickenfoot III' because it's so good, the songs are so tight, it's like we jumped right past having to make a second record". You've got to love the guy's good natured, PMA (posit...

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SLAYER's 'Reign In Blood' Came Out 25 Years Ago Today

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of "Reign In Blood", the third studio album and the major label debut by the American thrash metal kings SLAYER, Asbjrn Slettemark (pictured below with SLAYER guitarist Kery King),host of the Norwegian TV show "Lydverket" (web site) and radio me...

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SOULFLY Completes Recording New Album

SOULFLY has completed recording its new studio album for an early 2012 release via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at a Phoenix, Arizona studio with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with CHIMAIRA, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE ACACIA STRAIN, BORN OF OSIRIS and SHAD...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman To Guest On New SOULFLY Album

DEVILDRIVER/COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara has recorded guest vocals for a new SOULFLY song, to be featured on the band's new studio album, due in early 2012 via Roadrunner Records. Fafara posted the following message (along with a picture of him and SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera) via Twitter: "I...

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D.R.I.'s ROB RAMPY To Sit Out Rest Of Tour; Replacement Drummer Announced

Drummer Rob Rampy of hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) is going to take a well-needed break and recuperate from his recent bout with exhaustion and dehydration. The other members of the band wish him a swift recovery and will continue their tour with Walter "Monsta" R...

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ATTIKA 7 Featuring Former BIOHAZARD, STATIC-X Members: Debut Album Due Soon

ATTIKA 7 (formerly ATTIKA),the Los Angeles-based heavy metal/hard rock band featuring Tony Campos (SOULFLY, POSSESSED, STATIC-X, ASESINO, MINISTRY) on bass; Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD) on vocals; songwriter and famed motorcycle builder Rusty Coones on guitar; and Dustin Schoenhofer (WALLS OF JERICHO,...

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ANTHRAX Drummer: Most True Metalheads Are Not Most Open-Minded People When It Comes To Music

Matt Coe of Eternal Terror webzine recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Eternal Terror: It's well known that you are a prominent songwriter for the band and can play decent guitar in addition to your great skill on the...

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EXODUS Guitarist Says Stage Diving And Slam Pits In Thrash Metal Started In Bay Area

In upcoming deluxe thrash metal photo book "Murder In The Front Row: Shots From The Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter" by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew, guitarist Gary Holt of EXODUS (and currently a touring member of SLAYER) claims that the bruising scenes seen nightly at metal shows everywhere first c...

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SOULFLY Drummer Says New Material Is 'Thrashy As F**k; Totally 'Arise' On Crack'

David Kinkade (BORKNAGAR, ARSIS, MALEVOLENT CREATION) has finished laying down the drums for the new SOULFLY album, which is scheduled for an early 2012 release via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2010's "Omen" is currently being recorded at a Phoenix, Arizona studio with producer Chris "Zeuss"...

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SOULFLY Recording New Album With Producer ZEUSS

SOULFLY has tapped Chris "Zeuss" Harris (CHIMAIRA, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE ACACIA STRAIN, BORN OF OSIRIS, SHADOWS FALL) to produce the band's new album for an early 2012 release via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2010's "Omen" is currently being recorded at a Phoenix, Arizona studio w...

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Former BIOHAZARD Frontman Joins ATTIKA7

Former BIOHAZARD vocalist/bassist Evan Seinfeld has joined ATTIKA7 (formerly ATTIKA),the Los Angeles-based heavy metal/hard rock band featuring Tony Campos (SOULFLY, POSSESSED, STATIC-X, ASESINO, MINISTRY) on bass. A short video clip of Seinfeld announcing his involvement with ATTIKA7 from the stag...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman Looks Back On 9/11

Today (Sunday, September 11) marks the 10th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that brought down the Twin Towers, killed 3,000 people and forever changed both the future of the United States and the course of history. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN fr...

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METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, EXODUS Featured In 'Murder In The Front Row' Book; Cover Unveiled

Bazillion Points Books has revealed the hardcover jacket artwork and page samples for "Murder In The Front Row: Shots From The Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter", by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew. This spectacular large-format 272-page view inside "the metal scene that banged those heads that did not ba...

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Devouring

An early death metal form of thrash metal or a death-tinged brand of thrash; any way you dice it, EXCRUCIATOR's "Devouring" is still a thrash metal album, albeit one on the heavier end of the spectrum. No molds have been broken and the old school spirit thrives on the Portland act's solid full-lengt...

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Possessed by the Rise of Magik

RAMESSES have always done doom their own way and it's always been just different enough from what other bands of the genre have done to stand apart from the pack, the ever-thinning line connecting guitarist Tim Bagshaw and drummer Mark Greening to ELECTRIC WIZARD notwithstanding. It is not only a di...