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LARS ULRICH's Favorite Album Of 2008: THE SWORD's 'Gods Of The Earth'

RollingStone.com recently asked METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich to name his favorite album of 2008. "We're fortunate to have this heavy-metal band from Austin out playing with us, and we've got them playing shows on our days off so that we can go see them," he responded. "I'm a product of British meta...

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ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT Schedules NAMM Appearances

ARCH ENEMY/CARCASS guitarist Michael Amott will attend this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Michael will take part in signing sessions at the Dean Guitars, Randall Amplifiers and Zo...

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Former/Current Members Of GUNS N' ROSES, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Featured On Instrumental CD

Magna Carta Records has set a February 10 release date for "Guitars That Ate My Brain", a collection of a dozen mind-altering instrumentals from today's most accomplished metal axe grinders. According to a press release, the CD is "a twelve-headed hydra of monster guitar riffage that slashes, shreds...

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MOURNING CARESS Parts Ways With Guitarist

Münster, Germany-based melodic death metal act MOURNING CARESS has issued the following update: "Some bad news: Our guitarist Benedikt [Bjarnason] unfortunately decided to leave the band due to ongoing job obligations. He couldn't join the rehearsals etc. anymore as his schedule is simply too tight....

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Smashed KURT COBAIN Guitar Sells For $100,000

The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press. The sale was confirmed by Jacob McMurray, curator at the Experience Music Project, who said that the axe was displayed at the Seattle exh...

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CHIMAIRA Talks To CLEVELAND SCENE About New Album

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter and rhythm guitarist Matt DeVries about the group's forthcoming fifth album, "The Infection", which is set for release on April 21 via Ferret Music. The new record will arrive in five different vers...

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UNLEASHED: Video Interview With JOHNNY HEDLUND

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Johnny Hedlund of Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED. Johnny talks about living in Sweden, rebelling and spreading his message through UNLEASHED, the up and down periods of UNLEASHED, recording in the band's own studio, the g...

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UNLEASHED: Warsaw Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of UNLEASHED's December 7, 2008 concert at Progresja in Warsaw, Poland can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "Zwierzak26"). UNLEASHED's ninth full-length album, "Hammer Battalion", sold 370 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen Sound...

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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Shreds The Axe At Rochester's GUITAR EXPO; Video Available

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) performed live at the annual Guitar Expo hosted by Rochester, New York's House Of Guitars superstore on Saturday, November 22. Watch video footage of his appearance below (clips uploaded by "larsloudamp"). Guitar Expo features re...

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The Fathomless Mastery

Swedish "superstar" death metallers BLOODBATH have been the critical darlings of extreme metal for quite some time now, even more so since the release of the "Unblessing the Purity" EP and the "The Wacken Carnage" CD/DVD. At least some of that has to do with the now widely accepted role of OPETH's M...

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SEBASTIAN BACH's Son's Band THE INFINITE STAIRCASE To Open For BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

THE INFINITE STAIRCASE, the Staten Island, New York-based rock/metal band featuring Sebastian Bach's son Paris Bierk on drums, has been added to the "The Black Label Bash" tour featuring headliners BLACK LABEL SOCIETY alongside SEVENDUST and DOPE. The trek will kick off on March 22 in St. Paul, Minn...

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LIZZY BORDEN Kicks Off European Tour; Photos Available

Californian metallers LIZZY BORDEN kicked off their European tour in Germany December 6. Support came from the Swedish band FATAL SMILE and Dutch metallers MARTYR. A number of high-quality photos from the show in Turock, Essen can be found at Metal-Experience.com. LIZZY BORDEN's setlist was as follo...

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Reunited MILITIA Plays First Show In 22 Years; Photos Available

Reunited Texas heavy metallers MILITIA played their first show in 22 years this past Friday, December 5 at the Rockstar Sports Bar in Fort Worth. Check out photos at this location. Available now on the Forged In Fire (Rockadrome) label is "Released", a collection of '80s recordings from MILITIA. The...

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GENE SIMMONS: If I Became President Of The United States…

Fish Griwkowsky of the Edmonton Sun conducted an interview this past Friday (December 5) with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons during the rock star's visit to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to cut the ribbon on a new Future Shop (see video below) while simultaneously promoting his new Guitar Hero axe....

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GENE SIMMONS Creates AXE Guitar Controller For Guitar Hero/Rock Band Franchises

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons joined with Interactive Game Group, LLC to create the Gene Simmons AXE guitar controller for the Guitar Hero and Rock Band videogame franchises. This fully equipped, axe-shaped guitar controller is a replica of the KISS bassist and vocalist's signature bass guitar....