Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, GUNS N' ROSES) has penned the latest installment of his column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. An excerpt follows below. "Sitting in my usual chair, watching my usual a.m. updates on CNN's Headline News, Wednesday morning, I, like every other American tuned in to at ...
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Tina Hall of Maximum Ink recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Maximum Ink: You have stated that from an early age you didn't need most people. Do you think that is a good thing to learn considering the ...
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Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will release their twelfth studio album, "Torture", on March 13 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Evisceration Plague" offers up 12 tracks of maniacally precise, soul-searing death metal. "Torture" was again produced by HATE ETERNAL's Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida ...
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Vocalist Cristina Scabbia of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL was interviewed on this past weekend's (December 9-11) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to
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Five celebrity couples including TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will put a new spin on the critically-acclaimed reality series "Wife Swap" in "Celebrity Wife Swap", premiering Tuesday, January 3, 2012 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC television network. In this new series, the mothers in two celebrity families with vastly diverse values switch homes (but ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell participated recently in a chat at ESPN.com, where he was asked about the status of a follow-up to the band's 2009 comeback album, "Black Gives Way To Blue". Cantrell replied that a new disc will come out "whenever we're done," adding, "We're never ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS' entire November 12, 2011 concert at the Maquinaria Festival in Santiago, Chile can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Them Bones 02. Dam That River 03. Rain When I Die 04. Again 05. Check My Brain 06. It Ain't Like That 07. Your ...
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TWISTED SISTER hosts a holiday party, with the promise of glad tidings and good cheer to folks of all ages! Get ready for the 2011 presentation of "A Twisted Christmas" a theatrical holiday extravaganza like no other to be held on Friday, December 2 at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York, and the Best ...
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French progressive metallers GOJIRA are currently recording their fifth album at Spin Recording Studios in Long Island City, New York with co-producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD) for an early 2012 release via the band's new record label, Roadrunner Records. When asked how the deal with Roadrunner came about, GOJIRA vocalist/guitarist Joseph Duplantier told
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AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler will judge the second annual Great Lengths USA Challenge, a contest where certified Great Lengths hair extensions stylists can enter and show off their stylist skills for a chance to win the $10,000 cash grand prize, along with a trip to Chicago to attend the 12th annual Behind The Chair Stylist ...
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Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach spoke to FoxNews.com's Fox411 about the country that raised him Canada and specifically about his top three favorite Canadian cities, Quebec City, Vancouver and Toronto. Check out the video report below. Said Bach: "I used to live in Canada. It's a beautiful country with a lot of different kind ...
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Peter Hodgson of Tone Deaf recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Tone Deaf: The three new songs on "Mirror Ball" really stand up against all the classics. Elliott: The thing I'm most happy about is how vastly different they are ...
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Stockholm, Sweden-based death/black metallers NECROPHOBIC have inked a deal with Season Of Mist. The band, which was recently joined by guitarists Robert Sennebck (DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED) and Fredrik Folkare (UNLEASHED), is currently writing material for its seventh album, tentatively due in late 2012. NECROPHOBIC 2011 is: Joakim Sterner - Drums Tobias Sidegrd - Vocals Alexander Friberg ...
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Sean Palmerston, who handles media relations for Sonic Unyon, the Hamilton, Ontaro, Canada label whose roster includes the heavy likes of UNTIMELY DEMISE, SACRIFICE and AUGURY, spoke to The Canadian Press about this week's announcement that a new category will be added to the Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the ...
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ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following update on his official blog: "September 27th marked the 25th anniversary of [METALLICA bassist] Cliff Burton's death. "I knew Cliff for three years and in those three years became good friends with him and Kirk [Hammett, METALLICA guitarist], bonds that have lasted and stood the ...
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RoadrunnerRecords.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RoadrunnerRecords.com: Some of the lyrics [on the new MACHINE HEAD album "Unto The Locust"] are co-credited to you and Robb [Flynn, vocals/guitar]. Do you sit down and ...
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Vocalist Brock Lindow of Alaskan metallers 36 CRAZYFISTS will co-host a radio show on Anchorage's alternative rock station 94.7 The End. What started out as Brock going to hang out at the station with his buddy, Fatguy, on "Fatguys Freakshow" has now turned into a whole new radio slot called "Brock And The Fatguy". Starting ...
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UglyScene.com recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. UglyScene.com: The last show that I saw with KORN was close to the stage and I saw how much of an effort you put into connecting with the audience. Munky: I think it ...
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Alaskan metallers 36 CRAZYFISTS have canceled their previously announced European tour which was scheduled to take place in October/November. Commented singer Brock Lindow: "It is with great sadness that I am writing you all to let you know that we will not be able to tour Europe in October this year. I have a family ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of the reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED performing the song "Swing Of The Axe" on June 17, 2011 at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. POSSESSED 2011 is: * Jeff Becerra - Vocals * Emilio Marquez (SADISTIC INTENT) - Drums * Tony Campos (STATIC-X, PRONG, ASESINO) - Bass * ...
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Shawn Fernandes of GibsonGuitar.in recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GibsonGuitar.in: Can Indian fans expect any new material at the [upcoming] shows [in October]? Kirk Hammett: Well, as far as new material is concerned we're just now starting to think about ...
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The paperback edition of MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's autobiography, "Mustaine: A Life In Metal" (which was published in the U.S. under the title "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir"), will be released via HarperCollins Entertainment on June 9 in the U.K. and on August 1 in Australia. "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir" landed at position No. ...
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ASESINO the death metal/grindcore project featuring FEAR FACTORY/DIVINE HERESY guitarist Dino Cazares and ex-STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos (on bass/vocals) is working on material for its third album for a 2012 release. "On the new record, it's going to be a continuation from the second record [2006's 'Cristo Satanico']," Cazares told AOL's Noisecreep. "On ...
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By Andrew Lentz of DRUMmagazine.com After enduring a six-month-long gag order, Mike Mangini has finally come clean about the DREAM THEATER audition process and the hoops he jumped through to land the coveted drum chair. With Mangini going up against the world's most ridiculously dexterous drummers, the competition was fierce to say the ...
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Every time those three little words ("big", "bad", and "ugly") pop into my head when listening to a doom/sludge release, it almost always leads to a positive review. Enter BATILLUS' "Furnace" and those are indeed the first words that swam through the gray matter. As such, I've nothing but positives to shower on the beast ...
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Mike Haid of Modern Drummer recently conducted an interview with new DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Modern Drummer: What was life like before the DREAM THEATER opportunity appeared? Mangini: In 2009, I was literally lying on the floor of my garage, completely physically and ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon recently completed tracking all the vocal parts for the band's new album, "Imaginarium", and the mixing sessions for the CD began on April 13. Olzon was forced to delay the start of her recording sessions for "Imaginarium" because she needed a longer recovery period after she suffered broken ribs in a ...
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In an effort to continuously evolve its Grammy Awards process, The Recording Academy announced today that it has restructured the Grammy categories across all genres and fields, bringing the total number of categories to be recognized at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, to 78 from 109. As a result, instead of separate "Best Metal" ...
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Vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN has issued the following update: "Another year, another message. Here, as promised a little while ago, the ultimate report about what we were dealing with the past few months and what to expect for the upcoming year. "I assume everyone reading these lines has had a ...
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