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ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL To Tour Canada

Fans in Canada and select cities in the northern part of the U.S. will finally have a chance to see what reviewers have called "the best metal tour of the year" when co-headliners ANTHRAX and TESTAMENT, joined by DEATH ANGEL, kick off a late-summer trek on September 14. Starting in Portland, Oregon,...

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SLAYER' S KERRY KING Picks His Favorite BLACK SABBATH Song (Video)

Ahead of BLACK SABBATH's history-making Download festival appearance, the massive, 172-page new issue of Metal Hammer is a tribute to the legendary heavy metal act, paying homage to one of the greatest, heaviest and most influential bands to ever walk this earth. Metal Hammer talks to SABBATH member...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says It's Been 'Harder To Sing' Following Neck Surgery

Last September, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine underwent surgery for stenosis, a neck and spine condition that he says was caused by years of headbanging. Earlier this month, Artisan News spoke to Mustaine and asked him about how he's doing eight months after the surgery. "It's good," he said. "Lead...

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BLACK SABBATH Tribute In New Issue Of U.K.'s METAL HAMMER Magazine

Ahead of BLACK SABBATH's history-making Download festival appearance, the massive, 172-page new issue of Metal Hammer is a tribute to the legendary heavy metal act, paying homage to one of the greatest, heaviest and most influential bands to ever walk this earth. Metal Hammer talks to SABBATH member...

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12th Annual 'Joey Ramone Birthday Bash' To Feature Performance Of '...Ya Know?' Album

This year's Joey Ramone's Birthday Bash, to be held on Saturday, May 19, will include a very special addition to the format of the past 11 years. In anticipation of the forthcoming posthumous new Joey Ramone CD, "...Ya Know?", the event will culminate in a live performance of the entire album in adv...

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JIMI HENDRIX Estate Says It is Not Involved With 'All Is By My Side' Biopic

Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company founded by James A. "Al" Hendrix, Jimi's father, entrusted with preserving and protecting the legacy of Jimi Hendrix, has released the following statement: "Various media outlets have recently published accounts that indicate a feature-length...

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MINISTRY Guitarist Interviewed On WMSC 90.3 (Audio)

On April 23, Japan Nick Perkel of Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 radio station conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Sin Quirin. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. MINISTRY's new album, "Relapse", sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first wee...

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Relapse

Break it all down, build it back up, assess the relevance of the band's impact on the history of rock music, and psychoanalyze Al Jourgensen six ways from Sunday; the only thing that matters here is that the album that was never supposed to happen is on the whole a good one. It is also ...

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Long Live Heavy Metal

3 INCHES OF BLOOD is a known quantity in the world of metal, but I'm not sure the Canadians always get the attention they deserve from all corners of the traditional heavy metal community. Perhaps it is the purists that haven't invested any time in the band's four albums for juvenile reasons that in...

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'Women In Metal' Focus Of Latest 'On The Record' Episode

Metal Injection has released the fourth episode of its series which turns the camera onto the people working behind the scenes in the music industry, "On The Record". In this edition, Metal Injection asks some of the heavyweights that make the heavy metal industry tick to weigh in the explosion of w...

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ASIA To Release New Studio Album With Original Lineup

Thirty years after its eponymous debut album, ASIA ascended to the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart (where it remained No. 1 for nine consecutive weeks),the legendary British classic rock band returns with a brand new studio album, a 30th-anniversary edition of their debut album, 2 DVDs, and a wo...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH Seeking New Label Home

Knoxville, Tennessee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH will embark on a U.S. tour on Tuesday, April 24 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The band will be joined on the road by former STRAIGHT LINE STITCH and DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris, back with the group for two months...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Teams Up With Fangoria And Nerdist For 'Blood And Guts'

The Nerdist YouTube channel debuted on April 2 with a stellar lineup of programming that includes talent such as "Weird Al" Yankovic, Kids In The Hall, Harry Knowles and more. The latest addition to the channel's fantastic program is "Blood And Guts", a web series hosted by ANTHRAX guitarist Scott I...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: 'Demonocracy' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Demonocracy", the new studio album from Arizona death metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY, sold 4,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 87 on The Billboard 200 chart. JOB FOR A COWBOY's sophomore full-length CD, "Ruination", opened with around 10,600 units bac...

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MINISTRY: New Video Interview With SIN QUIRIN, AARON ROSSI

Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Sin Quirin and drummer Aaron John Rossi on the "black carpet" of the fourth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards, which was held on April 11 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below...