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METALLICA Performs 'Phantom Lord' Live For First Time In More Than 5 Years; Pro-Shot Video

METALLICA played the song "Phantom Lord" live for the first time in more than five years on October 25 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Professionally filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. The second North American leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" features...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Singer And Guitarist Talk About Writing And Recording 'The Stage' In First 'Breakdown' Episode

In the first episode of AVENGED SEVENFOLD's "Breakdown" series, singer M. Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates talk about the writing and recording process for the song "The Stage" from the album of the same name. Check it out below. Gates told the "Two Doods Reviews" podcast that he feels "The Stag...

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K.K. DOWNING Says ROB HALFORD Pulled Off 'Leather Biker Look' Better Than FREDDIE MERCURY

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing is featured in Greg Prato's latest book, "Long Live Queen: Rock Royalty Discuss Freddie, Brian, John & Roger". For this book, Prato interviewed a wide variety of musicians, who discuss what they admire most about QUEEN, their favorite songs and albums, and...

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Evolution

When you title a body of work "Evolution", the subtext implies something of an anthropological nature or a systematic process of moving forward—in this case, a band. DISTURBED serves itself a tall order for its seventh album, "Evolution", which vocalist David Draiman has reputedly cited as the band'...

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NERGAL Says 'It Feels Surreal' To Know ROB HALFORD Is BEHEMOTH Fan

BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski says that it feels "surreal" and "amazing" to know that JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford is a fan of the Polish extreme metal band. Halford has long spoken about wanting to work on a black metal album, with initial discussions between him and EMPEROR's Ihsahn taking...

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CHTHONIC: Making Of 'Millennia's Faith Undone' Video

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the "Millennia's Faith Undone" video from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC can be seen below. The clip features an appearance by Hong Kong singer Denise Ho. "Millennia's Faith Undone" is taken from CHTHONIC's latest album, "Battlefields Of Asura", which was...

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PAUL MAZURKIEWICZ Thinks CANNIBAL CORPSE 'Hit The Nail On The Head' With Songwriting On 'Red Before Black'

Finnish webzine Rauta recently conducted an interview with drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz of veteran Floridian death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what has kept CANNIBAL CORPSE going for over 30 years: Paul: "I...

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STEVEN TYLER And NUNO BETTENCOURT's Cover Of THE ROLLING STONES' 'Brown Sugar': Behind-The-Scenes Look

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler's cover version of THE ROLLING STONES' 1971 hit "Brown Sugar" is featured on "Muscle Shoals… Small Town, Big Sound", a compilation album in tribute to Alabama's Muscle Shoals sound, which was released September 28 on BMG. EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt also played...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'I Can't Think Of Anything I'd Rather Do Than Play Music For People'

During a recent interview with "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon", former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman was asked if he thinks there will ever come a time when he might decide that retirement makes sense. "Hopefully never," he responded. "I can't think of anything I'd rather do than play music for peo...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO's Long-Awaited Autobiography Will 'Definitely' Come Out In 2020

Wendy Dio, widow and longtime manager of Ronnie James Dio, is working with legendary rock journalist Mick Wall on the long-awaited autobiography of the heavy metal master, which was three-quarters written before the singer's death and which was originally scheduled to be published several years ago...

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STEVE HARRIS Says BRITISH LION Has Finished Recording Second Album

Steve Harris, bassist and co-founder of metal icons IRON MAIDEN, spoke to The Metal Voice about the upcoming second album from his side project, BRITISH LION. Harris formed BRITISH LION in 2012 and released a self-titled debut LP, with touring concentrated mainly in Europe. Asked how the musical dir...

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GODSMACK Drummer On Band's 'Conscious Effort' To 'Mature': 'We Didn't Look At It Like A Sellout'

Prior to GODSMACK's performance at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California on October 13, drummer Shannon Larkin spoke with Two Doods Reviews. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the band ever gets sick of playin...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is 'Fully Recovered' From Life-Threatening Thumb Infection

Ozzy Osbourne says that he is "fully recovered" from the staph infection that required him to have surgery on his hand and cancel four shows earlier this month. The legendary BLACK SABBATH singer issued a video message earlier today thanking his fans for their "concern." He added: "My thumb is fully...

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Watch IHSAHN's 'Lend Me The Eyes Of The Millenia' Video

"Lend Me The Eyes Of The Millenia", the new video from Ihsahn, can be seen below. The song is taken from his seventh solo album, "Ámr", which was released in May via Candlelight/Spinefarm. True living legends are few and far between, but Ihsahn has long since earned the right to be regarded as one o...

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Reactivated U.K. Death Metallers CANCER Release 'Garrotte' Song From 'Shadow Gripped' Album

U.K. death metal veterans CANCER will release their new album, "Shadow Gripped", on November 2 via Peaceville. The disc was recorded at Foel studios in Wales with Simon Efemy (PARADISE LOST, NAPALM DEATH, AMORPHIS) handling production and mixing duties alongside the band, with further recording taki...