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Reunited Original Lineup Of EXCITER: First Rehearsal Photo Posted Online

The first rehearsal photo of the reunited original lineup of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER — guitarist John Ricci, drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler and bassist Allan Johnson — can be seen on this page (courtesy of Allan Johnson). On episode 475 of the "Talking Metal" podcast, Mark Strigl conduc...

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MINISTRY To Release 'Last Tangle In Paris' CD/DVD In July

MINISTRY, the legendary, six-time Grammy-nominated, explosive and highly unpredictable band that brought industrial dance-metal music to the mainstream, will release "Last Tangle In Paris", a CD/DVD package that documents the band's 2012 "DeFiBriLaTour", featuring live performances, in-studio, rehea...

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Guitarist JOHN RICCI Says Reunited Original EXCITER Lineup Will Record New Album

On episode 475 of the "Talking Metal" podcast, Mark Strigl conducted an interview with guitarist John Ricci of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he had anyt...

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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR, SATCHEL Interviewed By Pop-Break.com (Video)

On May 18, Pop-Break.com's Backstage Break (hosted by senior writer Al Mannarino) conducted an interview with guitarist Satchel (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) and singer Michael Starr (real name Ralph Saenz; ex-L.A. GUNS) of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER at the Starland Ballroom...

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WHIPLASH Announces New Drummer

Veteran thrashers WHIPLASH have parted ways with drummer Dan Foord and have replaced him with Charlie Zeleny. Charlie will make his live debut with WHIPLASH on June 22 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey. Tony Portaro, guitarist and founding member of WHIPLASH, first witnessed Charlie Z in action wit...

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MANOWAR's JOEY DEMAIO Talks To 'Met Al Metal' About Band's First-Ever Appearance In Israel (Audio)

"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — conducted an interview with MANOWAR bassist and producer Joey DeMaio ahead of the band's first-ever appearance in the country, which took place on May 21 at Hangar 11 in Tel-Aviv. You can now listen to the chat in the...

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AMON AMARTH And SABATON To Join Forces For North American Tour In The Fall

AMON AMARTH and SABATON will join forces for a North American tour this fall. The trek kicks off on September 25 in Riverside, California and visits a total of 35 North American cities before coming to an end on November 9 in Tucson, Arizona. Thrash metal band SKELETONWITCH will open each show, exce...

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WHIPLASH: Video For Re-Recorded Version Of 'Walk The Plank'

"Walk The Plank", the new video from veteran New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH, can be seen at this location. The clip was shot on May 25, 2013 at the Del Putas Fest ("Festival Of Whores") at the Teatro al Aire Libre Carlos Vieco amphitheater in Medellin, Colombia. Filmed and edited by Medellin videogra...

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MINISTRY's AL JOURGENSEN Celebrates 100 Days Of Sobriety

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen celebrated his 100th day sober on Thursday, May 15. He wrote on his Facebook page, "I think I get some kind of chip or medallion for that shit." Jourgensen checked into a rehabilitation facility in early February to receive treatment for alcohol dependency. In a Septem...

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JUDAS PRIEST's Co-Founding Guitarist ERNIE CHATAWAY Dead At 62

JUDAS PRIEST's co-founding guitarist Ernie Chataway has died at the age of 62. He was reportedly battling lung cancer for quite some time before his death. The original JUDAS PRIEST lineup, featuring Chataway, singer Al Atkins, bassist Bruno Stapenhill and drummer John Partridge, came together in 19...

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Video For METALLICA Guitarist KIRK HAMMETT's Cover Of 'Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built For Two)'

METALLICA lead guitarist Kirk Hammett has recorded a cover of the 19th century pop standard "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built For Two)" for a compilation album featuring a number of well-known artists all covering the exact same song. The album, called "The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell", also ro...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Featured On 'The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell' Album

According to The Hollywood Reporter, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett is among the artists who appear on "The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell", a limited-edition album featuring different versions of the same song, the 19th century pop standard "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)". Written i...

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Former CRO-MAGS Bassist HARLEY FLANAGAN Continuing Work On New Album

Former CRO-MAGS bass player and one-time frontman Harley Flanagan is in the process of recording his newest LP, to be released later this year on Southern Lord. With his musical roots tracing back to the beginning of the 1980s, Flanagan was involved in New York City punk act THE STIMULATORS before e...

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KISS: Better-Quality Footage Of ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction Speeches

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Tom Morello inducted KISS into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Thursday, April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The guitarist told the crowd, "You can kiss my KISS-loving ass because KISS wasn't a critics' band. It's the people's band." He added: "Tonight...

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Dollar Haircuts on Ten Cent Heads

"Fuck banks, fuck managers, fuck bankers". HADES and NONFICTION guitarist Dan Lorenzo declared "F Bombs for Everyone" in his solo work. No doubt taking that solicitation as creed is HELLOWEEN vocalist Andi Deris, who releases his first solo album in fourteen years following 1999's "Done by Mirrors",...