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DIAMOND HEAD, METALLICA Members Interviewed At U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends DIAMOND HEAD played one of the biggest shows of their career in early July at the U.K. installment of the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth House. The band opened for the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX who had...September 16, 2011
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METALLICA Interviewed For 'San Francisco Symphony At 100' Documentary
METALLICA was interviewed for the documentary film "San Francisco Symphony At 100", which will air tonight (Friday, September 16) at 9 p.m. on Northern California's KQED TV. This colorful film tells the story of how a handful of civic-minded music lovers helped rebuild and revitalize one of the most...September 16, 2011
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METALLICA Was Told To Keep Off The Grass At Yankee Stadium
METALLICA headlined the second-ever U.S. "Big Four" show on Wednesday (September 14),joined by SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX for the first heavy metal concert ever staged at the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Photos showed that the infield diamond was kept clear of fans, and METALLICA frontman Jam...September 16, 2011
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SANCTUARY: More Footage Of 'Secret' Seattle Concert
Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY, which features in its ranks current NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard, performed a "secret" concert this past Tuesday night (September 13) at Studio Seven in Seattle. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. SANCTUARY re...September 16, 2011
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'Big Four' Bands Talk About Their Supposed Rivalry (Video)
Back in the 1980s, the so-called "Big Four" of the thrash movement (METALLICA, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, SLAYER) were all competing to be the biggest metal band in the world. Now that the dust has settled, the bands are all on extremely good terms with each other. They've even spent the last year staging m...September 15, 2011
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DAVE MUSTAINE Says His Trust In God Helped Him Get Through Yankee Stadium Concert
MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine risked permanent injury while performing at the "Big Four" concert yesterday (Wednesday, September 14) at Yankee Stadium in New York City with METALLICA, ANTHRAX and SLAYER. "I was in a hospital [Tuesday] morning, so I'm going home to get [neck] surgery right after th...September 15, 2011
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METALLICA Drummer Talks 'Big Four' Concert At Yankee Stadium (Video)
Video footage of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich talking to Rolling Stone magazine about yesterday's (Wednesday, September 14) concert at the new Yankee Stadium in New York City featuring the "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX can be seen below. The highly a...September 15, 2011
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TONY IOMMI: London Book-Signing Event Announced
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi will undertake a select number of signings in the U.K. and New York to promote his upcoming memoir, "Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven And Hell With Black Sabbath". The book will be released in the United States on November 1 in hardback by Perseus Books/DeCapo P...September 15, 2011
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Former AC/DC Bassist MARK EVANS: 'BON SCOTT Was Used to Calamity'
Bassist Mark Evans joined AC/DC as a local Australian bar band, and he remained with them through several international tours and multi-platinum records, including "High Voltage", "Dirty Deeds", and "Let There Be Rock". Evans has now written the first insider account of the Bon Scott era of the band...September 15, 2011
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Video Highlights From Germany's 'Metal Hammer Awards'
Berlin Metal TV has uploaded a seven-minute video clip featuring highlights from the German edition of the Metal Hammer Awards, which was held last Friday night (September 9) at Kesselhaus in Berlin. Check out the footage below. For the first time, the German Metal Hammer Awards took place as a full...September 15, 2011
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SANCTUARY Performs In Seattle; Video Available
Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY, which features in its ranks current NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard, performed this past Tuesday night (September 13) at Studio Seven in Seattle. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. SANCTUARY recently tapped Br...September 15, 2011
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METALLICA, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, SLAYER Perform 'Overkill' At 'Big Four' Show In NYC (Video)
The "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX played their second-ever U.S. show earlier tonight (Wednesday, September 14) at the new Yankee Stadium in New York City. The highly anticipated onstage performance of the "Big Four" bands at the same time happened nea...September 14, 2011
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ANTHRAX Singer: 'Worship Music' Is 'As Aggressive As Any Other Record We've Done'
Bob Zerull of Zoiks! Online recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Zoiks! Online: How would you describe your new album, "Worship Music", to the fans? Joey Belladonna: I just think that I don't know, I think it's really g...September 14, 2011
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Heavy Metal And Hard Rock Musicians Comment On Their JUDAS PRIEST 'The Chosen Few' Selections
According to RollingStone.com, British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will release a new compilation album, "The Chosen Few", on October 11 via Legacy/Sony. The collection contains songs that were selected by some of the biggest names of the hard rock/heavy metal world, including KISS' Gene Simmon...September 13, 2011
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DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About His New, Friendlier Relationship With KIRK HAMMETT
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, who was a member of METALLICA for around 11 months before being dismissed in 1983 and replaced by Kirk Hammett, has had a frosty relationship with his successor over the years. After playing a number of "Big Four" shows together in the last year and a half, Mustaine a...September 13, 2011
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