I live about 45 minutes from Laurel, Maryland, and frequently end up in the District of Columbia. You pass through, or by, Laurel to get to D.C., and though I almost never speak of it to anyone riding with me—unless, as rock fans, they can grasp the significance of it—I always think the same thing: ...
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Jackson got a backstage pass at one of SEPULTURA's recent shows to catch up with guitarist Andreas Kisser for a look at some of his go-to Jackson guitars. Check out the clip below. SEPULTURA's latest album, "Machine Messiah", was released on January 13 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by the band and Jens ...
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Waldemar Sorychta — former GRIP INC. guitarist who has produced a number of acclaimed albums from SODOM, MOONSPELL and TIAMAT, among others — joined New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL on stage last night (Sunday, August 13) at Zeche in Bochum, Germany to perform the OVERKILL classic "In Union We Stand". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance ...
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Metal Wani's editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi had a chat with AT THE GATES and THE LURKING FEAR frontman Tomas Lindberg. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current status of AT THE GATES: Tomas: "We are in the writing process for the ...
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ROAD TO JERUSALEM is the new Copenhagen, Denmark-based project featuring Per Møller Jensen (drums; THE HAUNTED, INVOCATOR, KONKHRA), Andreas Holma (bass; HYPOCRISY, SCAR SYMMETRY, SOILWORK), Michael Skovbakke (guitar; KONKHRA) and Josh Tyree (vocals). The group is currently recording ten brand new tracks that will compose ROAD TO JERUSALEM's debut album. Guitar leads and bass were ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH's June 24 performance at Montebello Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec, can be seen below. MEGADETH has spent more than a year on the road promoting "Dystopia", which arrived in January 2016. The group is currently touring with MESHUGGAH, TESSERACT and LILLAKE. MEGADETH was honored with in the "Best Metal Performance" category ...
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DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li recently dropped by Kerrang! to talk the U.K. magazine through his favorite guitar riffs of all time. A four-minute clip of Li discussing his selections — which include MEGADETH's "Holy Wars", METALLICA's "Creeping Death", Joe Satriani's "The Extremist", SYMPHONY X's "Sea Of Lies" and DREAM THEATER's "Under A Glass ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of SEPULTURA's June 16 performance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. I Am The Enemy 02. Phantom Self 03. Kairos 04. Desperate Cry 05. Sworn Oath 06. Innerself 07. Alethea 08. Resistant Parasites 09. Refuse Resist 10. Rattamahatta ...
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New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will headline the 2017 edition of the "Metal Alliance Tour". Support on the trek will come from New Orleans native doom/sludge band CROWBAR, Colorado thrash metal stalwarts HAVOK, technical thrash metal band BLACK FAST and INVIDIA, the group featuring former members of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and SKINLAB. The ...
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SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green was interviewed before the band's May 18 concert at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. You can now listen to the chat below. Green, who celebrates his twentieth anniversary with SEPULTURA in 2017, stated about his time with the group: "It's been a lot of ups and some downs. It's ...
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