Vocalist/guitarist Kenn Nardi of reunited St. Louis, Missouri-based progressive/melodic thrash metallers ANACRUSIS has issued the following update: "I am planning to finish the new music and release it in some form, but I'm not sure of the details just yet. This will not be an acoustic project like CRUEL APRIL. It will be exactly the ...
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The man behind the mask of Oderus Urungus, Dave Brockie, has unveiled a new webstore where fans can buy limited-edition, high-quality art prints of not only Brockie's GWAR drawings, but many of his other illustrations. Culled from select images spanning a 30-year career as an artist and illustrator, these highly-collectable prints are now available to ...
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Mutant overlords GWAR will take over the airwaves of AXS TV to bring to you the human scum a live broadcast transmission from one of their upcoming performances. GWAR "Fate Or Chaos Tour 2013" will be aired live on AXS TV on April 17 from the Gothic Theater in Denver, Colorado. The broadcast will air ...
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ROB ZOMBIE, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK, MEGADETH and HALESTORM are among the confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Heavy MTL festival, set to take place August 10-11 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): A DAY TO REMEMBER ALL SHALL PERISH AMON AMARTH AT ...
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Cutter of Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York as part of "The Dark Roots Of Thrash" tour ...
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Capital Chaos conducted an interview with vocalist Bruce Corbitt of Texas thrashers WARBEAST before the band's January 20 concert at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California. You can now watch the chat below. Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR) will join WARBEAST as their fill-in bassist while on the road this spring with ...
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An unmasked Dave Brockie, better known as Oderus Urungus of GWAR, recently sat down with WatchMojo.com to leak details about the band's upcoming album, working title "Mad At The Sun", and what it was like to come back from the death of Cory Smoot, a.k.a. Flattus Maximus. Check out the clip below. GWAR will kick ...
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Stubble conducted an interview with guitarist Bobby Tillotson (a.k.a. "J.R." ) of Texas thrashers WARBEAST before the band's January 20 concert at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California. You can now watch the chat below. Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR) will join WARBEAST as their fill-in bassist while on the road this spring with ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have released the following statement: "To all our friends in China and Taiwan: "It is with regret that we must inform you of the cancellation of our performances in Shanghai and Taipei until further notice due to visa issues beyond the control of the band or promoter. Fans in ...
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Dr. Mikannibal (saxophone, vocals) of Japan's SIGH has revealed via her Facebook page that she has been forced to terminate her pregnancy at three months after the heart of her unborn child with bandmate Mirai Kawashima (vocals, keyboards) stopped beating. "I'm having a curettage surgery today," she wrote. Mirai and Dr. Mikannibal became engaged last ...
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Reunited St. Louis, Missouri-based progressive/melodic thrash metallers ANACRUSIS have posted the following message on their official web site: "Thanks to everyone who supported us and helped make the last couple of years so memorable. "The reunion shows/festivals were great and it was awesome to have the opportunity to play for you again. "ANACRUSIS ...
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Robert Pasbani of Metal Injection conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT prior to the band's February 14 concert at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New ...
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Early Thursday morning (February 21), guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT were interviewed on "Take Five & Company", a live talk and entertainment show on the WZZM station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can now watch the segment below. TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in ...
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Early this morning (Thursday, February 21), guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT spoke to Grand Rapids, Michigan's Fox 17 TV about the roots of thrash and their current "Dark Roots Of Thrash" tour. Check out the segment at this location. TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the ...
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Ned of the WGRD 97.9 FM radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York as part of "The ...
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EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED. You can now watch the chat below. HATEBREED's new album, "The Divinity Of Purpose", sold 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart. The ...
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Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR) will join Texas thrashers WARBEAST as their fill-in bassist while on the road this spring with GWAR. The band's tour dates with GWAR and WILSON kick off in Tucson, Arizona on April 10. The 16-day run, dubbed the "Fate Or Chaos Tour", will continue through the month of April until ...
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TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York as part of "The Dark Roots Of Thrash" tour was professionally filmed for a 90-minute DVD, to be released later this year via Nuclear Blast. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. "We haven't shot a live DVD or CD ...
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RichardThinks.Org conducted an interview with drummer Matt Byrne of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED on February 14 at Empire in Springfield, Virginia. You can now watch the chat below. HATEBREED's new album, "The Divinity Of Purpose", sold 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 20 on ...
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TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York as part of "The Dark Roots Of Thrash" tour was professionally filmed for a 90-minute DVD, to be released later this year via Nuclear Blast. "We haven't shot a live DVD or CD since our 'Live In London' release and we've had two ...
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TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York as part of "The Dark Roots Of Thrash" tour will be professionally filmed for a 90-minute DVD, to be released later this year via Nuclear Blast. "We haven't shot a live DVD or CD since our 'Live In London' release and we've had ...
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On February 7, HardTimes.ca's "Headbanger's Journey" music blog conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus). You can now watch the chat below. In a 2012 interview with Legendary Rock Interviews, Oderus Urungus stated about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the new GWAR CD, "We've gotten going on that. We've ...
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TESTAMENT's February 15 concert at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York as part of "The Dark Roots Of Thrash" tour will be professionally filmed for a 90-minute DVD, to be released via Nuclear Blast. In a recent interview with RockMusicStar.com, TESTAMENT vocalist Chuck Billy stated about the band's current tour: "We have ...
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A year after their takedown of Steven Spielberg's "War Horse", GWAR's Oderus Urungus and Balsac The Jaws Of Death are back to take on Oscar favorite "Lincoln" in NextMovie's hard-hitting review that makes one ask: why wasn't there more Mary Todd nudity? Check it out below. "Lincoln" leads nominees at the 85th Academy Awards, happening ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson and German metal queen Doro Pesch were interviewed on this past Sunday's (February 3) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. TESTAMENT's new album, "Dark Roots Of Earth", sold more than 20,000 copies ...
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"The Divinity Of Purpose", the new album from Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED, has registered the following chart positions around the world: Austria: #28 Australia: #144 Belgium: #75 (first week), #56 (second week) Belgium Flanders: #56 (first week), #38 (second week) Belgium Wallonia: #105 (first week), #92 (second week) Canada: #20 Germany: #25 Finland: #43 Switzerland: ...
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"The Divinity Of Purpose", the new album from Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED, sold 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous, self-titled CD opened with 15,000 units back in 2009 to enter the chart at No. 37. ...
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Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with guitarist Frank Novinec of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED before the band's January 28 show at Sokol Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. You can now watch the chat below. HATEBREED's new album, "The Divinity Of Purpose", was released on January 29 in North America via Razor & Tie ...
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"Tides Of War", the new video from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-based melodic death thrashers CHARIOTS OF THE GODS, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's full-length album, which was released on January 29. Produced by award-winning producer/engineer/mixer Glen Robinson, who has worked with RAMONES, AC/DC, GWAR, ANNIHILATOR and VOIVOD, the ...
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KASC The Blaze 1330 AM (web site) recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. The chat is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player below. TESTAMENT played its first show with stand-in drummer Mark Hernandez (ex-FORBIDDEN) on November 27, 2012 at the Garage in ...
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