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TESTAMENT Is 'Shooting For' New Album To Sound Like 'The Gathering', Says CHUCK BILLY

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT was recently interviewed by Shor Bazaar, Pakistan's first international artist management services. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for TESTAMENT'...

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GOJIRA's MARIO DUPLANTIER: LARS ULRICH Was 'Maybe The Only Influence' I Had When I Was Starting Out

Mario Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA says that METALLICA's Lars Ulrich was "maybe the only influence" he had when he first started playing drums. One of the most controversial musicians in the rock community and music industry in general, Ulrich's drumming skills and personality a...

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OBITUARY: New Song 'Violence' Available For Streaming

Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY will release their ninth studio album, "Inked In Blood", on October 28 via the band's new partnership with Relapse Records. You can pre-order the disc at Relapse.com. OBITUARY's first full-length CD in over five years was recorded by the band this past April at...

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MACHINE HEAD Postpones North American Tour

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have released the following statement: "It is with great disappointment that MACHINE HEAD must announce the postponement of our North American tour this fall. "Our new album, 'Bloodstone & Diamonds', has taken longer to complete than expected and we...

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SLIPKNOT Struggled To Find 'Exact Wording' For New Album Dedication To Late Bassist

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that the band wanted to pay tribute to its late bassist Paul Gray with the group's fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", but struggled to get the right wording for the CD title. "We had a handful of [ideas] that we were kind of bandying about," Taylor told Mis...

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VINNIE PAUL: People Really Have To Come To Grips With The Fact That PANTERA Is Over

During a recent interview with Ant May of PlanetMosh, former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott was once again asked about the possibility of a hypothetical PANTERA reunion featuring Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) filling in for the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Keyboardist Says OLI SYKES Is 'A Different Person' After Overcoming Addiction

Kaytie The Rock Goddess of the Rock 105.7 WOBG radio station in Fairmont, West Virginia recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Jordan Fish of the British deathcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON. You can now listen to the chat using the SondCloud widget below. Speaking about BRING ME THE HORIZON...

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EXODUS Guitarist LEE ALTUS Discusses 'Blood In Blood Out' Album In Second Making-Of Clip

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS will release their tenth studio album, "Blood In Blood Out", in North America on October 14 via Nuclear Blast. The album art was illustrated by Swedish artist Pär Olofsson, known worldwide for his incredible renderings that have graced the covers o...

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FRANK BELLO: ANTHRAX Is Working On 'Heavy, Riff-Oriented' And 'Thrashier' New Album

ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello says that the band's new material is "challenge to play" and has described it as "thrashier" that the songs that appeared on the group's acclaimed 2011 effort, "Worship Music". Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for ANTHRAX's next CD, Bello told WVOX "Me...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Ecuador

Vocalist Jesse Leach of Massachussets metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE has uploaded behind-the-scenes footage of the band's August 15 performance in Quito, Ecuador. Check it out below. Due to a family emergency, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Joel Stroetzel was forced to sit out the group's tour dates at th...

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SEPULTURA: 'Roots Bloody Roots' Performance Clip From 'Metal Veins - Alive At Rock In Rio' DVD, Blu-Ray

In celebration of their astounding thirty-year career, Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA will unleash a new live offering titled "Sepultura And Les Tambours du Bronx: Metal Veins - Alive At Rock In Rio" in North America on September 16 via Eagle Rock Entertainment. In a spectacular performance...

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Lyric Video For Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER's Collaboration With QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND) has collaborated with American singer Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE, CRIMSON GLORY) on a song called "Discordia". The official lyric video for the track can be seen below. Said Drover: "We are both very happy and proud of how this song turned out,...

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KING DIAMOND: 'I Will Never Have To Sing With A Hoarse Voice In The Studio Again'

Ramone of the 107.7 WRKR-FM radio station in Kalamazoo, Michigan recently conducted an interview with legendary Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond. You can now listen to the chat in two parts at this location. Speaking about the open-heart triple-bypass surgery he underwent in November 2010, Kin...

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FLYLEAF's JARED HARTMANN Talks To THE FRONT ROW REPORT About 'Between The Stars' Album (Audio)

Reggie Edwards of The Front Row Report recently conducted an interview with FLYLEAF guitarist Jared Hartmann. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. FLYLEAF's fourth studio album, "Between The Stars", will be released on September 16 via Loud & Proud Records. With producer ext...

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EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT Discusses 'Blood In Blood Out' Album In First Making-Of Clip

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS will release their tenth studio album, "Blood In Blood Out", in North America on October 14 via Nuclear Blast. The album art was illustrated by Swedish artist Pär Olofsson, known worldwide for his incredible renderings that have graced the covers o...