Bruce Dickinson says that his claim that IRON MAIDEN was "better than METALLICA" was just about "throwing down the gauntlet" and wasn't directly aimed at the San Francisco-based metal giants. Back in 2011, the IRON MAIDEN frontman elaborated on a past comment in which he boasted that his band was superior to METALLICA. Refusing to ...
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Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo paid tribute to hometown legends BLACK SABBATH during METALLICA's concert last night (Monday, October 30) at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, England. Hammett and Trujillo covered "War Pigs" during their solo section and allowing the fans to sing in full support. Check out fan-filmed video footage below. METALLICA members Lars ...
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The new lineup of Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED played its groundbreaking 1991 album, "Clandestine", in its entirety at Malmö Live in Malmö, Sweden on November 12, 2016. Sitting in first with conductor Josef Rhedin and the hundred-plus-member Malmö Symphony Orchestra for Thomas Von Wachenfeldt's arrangement of "Clandestine", the band performed "Clandestine" from front to back ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke to Florida's InJupiter magazine about his THE CHOPHOUSE BAND. Named after his four recording studio facilities around the U.S. and featuring a fluid roster of players, the group began in 1992 when Newsted founded The Chophouse Records Studio in San Francisco. Following the success of METALLICA's 1991 ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Harvester Of Sorrow" on October 26 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland can be seen below. The European leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" tour kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 2 and will run through November. After a break, the trek will pick up again ...
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Swedish metallers ENTOMBED A.D. will spend the next few months writing and recording their third album for a tentative early 2018 release. Speaking about the band's plans for the near future, vocalist Lars-Göran "LG" Petrov told Finland's Rauta at last month's Dark Days Of Helsinki festival (see video below): "First we're gonna be ...
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METALLICA played the song "Spit Out The Bone" live for the first time ever this past Tuesday night (October 24) at The O2 Arena in London, England. Professionally filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "Spit Out The Bone" is taken from METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", which came out last ...
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"Full Of Hate", the new video from FIRESPAWN — the Swedish death metal project featuring Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED), Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC), Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) and Matte Modin (drums; DARK FUNERAL, DEFLESHED) — can be seen below. The track is taken from FIRESPAWN's sophomore album, "The ...
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METALLICA played the song "Spit Out The Bone" live for the first time ever earlier tonight (Tuesday, October 24) at The O2 Arena in London, England. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "Spit Out The Bone" is taken from METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", which came out last November. Frontman ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Fuel" on October 22 at The O2 Arena in London, England can be seen below. The European leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" tour kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 2 and will run through November. After a break, the trek will pick up again on February ...
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MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine has slammed Brian Slagel over the Metal Blade Records founder and CEO's recently released book "For The Sake Of Heaviness: The History Of Metal Blade Records". The source of Mustaine's ire appears to Slagel's account in the book of how the label honcho tried to sign MEGADETH to Metal Blade early ...
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On October 19, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted and his THE CHOPHOUSE BAND performed at benefit concert to raise funds for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. The event, which took place at Evo Italian in Tequesta, Florida, saw Jason play an acoustic set that included a cover version of Bob Seger's 1973 classic "Turn The ...
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Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of METALLICA, will come to 92Y in New York City for a career interview on Sunday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m. The multiple Grammy Award winner and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee will share details from a storied life — from the tennis courts to headlining stadiums for ...
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According to the Los Angeles Times, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has listed his ranch in historic Sula, Montana for sale at $4.95 million. The property, named "Rockin JN Ranch," has belonged to Newsted for more than a decade. The 545-acre gem is situated amidst an ocean of public lands and large holdings. ...
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Swedish epic heavy doom metal warlords SORCERER will release their new album, "The Crowning Of The Fire King", on October 20 via Metal Blade Records. The official lyric video for the disc's latest single, "The Devils Incubus", can be viewed below. SORCERER comments: "We have aimed to write an album with diversity and intensity, an ...
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METALLICA has collaborated with Australian designer Justin O'Shea on a new line of merchandise. The San Francisco Bay Area metal giants first worked with O'Shea while he was creative director at Brioni, where he recruited James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo for the label's fall/winter 2016 campaign. O'Shea's latest partnership with METALLICA, ...
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METALLICA is preparing deluxe remastered versions of its "…And Justice For All" (1988) and "Metallica" albums and is reaching out to its hardcore fans for help to get content for the new editions. Says the band in a social media post: "With the deluxe box sets of 'Kill 'Em All' and 'Ride The Lightning' behind ...
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POWER QUEST, the renowned melodic power metal band based in the U.K., has released the official music video for the song "Lords Of Tomorrow", the second single from its long-awaited sixth album, "Sixth Dimension". The disc will be released on October 13 via Inner Wound Recordings in Europe and USA and on October 11 in ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD will embark on the North American "The Stage" tour in January. Support on the trek will come from BREAKING BENJAMIN and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 6 at 10:00 a.m. local time. Confirmed shows so far: Jan. 12 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone ...
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Lars Ulrich interviewed PRIMUS frontman Les Claypool on for the October 1 episode of "It's Electric!", the METALLICA drummer's online radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1. During the chat, Les talked about auditioning for the then-vacant bassist slot in METALLICA following the September 1986 death of the group's previous bassist, Cliff Burton. "I got ...
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Swedish epic heavy doom metal warlords SORCERER will release their new album, "The Crowning Of The Fire King", on October 20 via Metal Blade Records. The official lyric video for the disc's second single, "Ship Of Doom", can be viewed below. SORCERER comments: "We have aimed to write an album with diversity and intensity, an ...
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NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) veterans BLITZKRIEG will release a new seven-inch vinyl EP, "Reign Of Fire", on December 8 in a limited edition of five hundred copies embraced by amazing handdrawn old-school metal artwork by Lee Murphy. Says BLITZKRIEG guitarist Ken Johnson: "We are very excited about the 'Reign Of Fire' EP ...
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DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan has once again shot down the possibility of a reunion with Ritchie Blackmore, saying that "the rain stopped and the sun came out for the band" once the guitarist left the group. Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On ...
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The Conductor of WSOU 89.5 FM recently conducted an interview with frontman Roger Miret of New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT. You can listen to the full chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his autobiography, "My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory": Roger: "It's basically my ...
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METALLICA played the song "ManUNkind" live for the first time during its September 10 concert at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Professionaly filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "ManUNkind" is taken from METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", which came out last November. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield explained the song's meaning ...
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"Unforgotten", the new JP Brasca-directed video from CORE 10, the band featuring original KORN drummer David Silveria, can be seen below. The song was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Ulrich Wild, who has previously worked with WHITE ZOMBIE, PANTERA, DEFTONES and STATIC-X. Silveria is joined in CORE 10 by Sean Lenhoff and Duncan Nisbet on vocals, ...
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Lars Ulrich interviewed FOO FIGHTERS leader Dave Grohl on a recent episode of "It's Electric!", the METALLICA drummer's online radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1. During the chat, which can now be seen in its entirety below, Grohl told the the story of how FOO FIGHTERS became Mick Jagger's backing band on "Saturday Night ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and punk rock icon Henry Rollins are among the artists who were interviewed for "Why Vinyl Matters", the upcoming book from ACC Editions. In 2015, vinyl sales in the U.S. increased by 30% — a raise for the tenth year in succession — and 1.29 million vinyl albums were sold in ...
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Kirk Hammett says that he was inspired by SOUNDGARDEN when he wrote the main riff to one of the most recognizable songs of all time, METALLICA's classic 1991 track "Enter Sandman". As the opening cut on METALLICA's self-titled album, "Enter Sandman" became bigger than the band could have imagined. It was a game changer for ...
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METALLICA played the song "ManUNkind" live for the first time during their September 10 concert at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Multi-camera fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "ManUNkind" is taken from METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", which came out last November. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield explained the song's meaning ...
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