EVERY TIME I DIE's Keith Buckley has uploaded a short clip of what appears to be a new song from THE DAMNED THINGS, his supergroup project also featuring ANTHRAX's Scott Ian, FALL OUT BOY's Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman, EVERY TIME I DIE's Josh Newton, and Rob Caggiano of VOLBEAT (and formerly ANTHRAX). Check out ...
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Official video footage of METALLICA performing the song "No Remorse" live on March 3 at at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico can be seen below. The North American leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" 2017 tour kicks off in Baltimore and will hit stadiums in 25 cities before winding down in mid-August. Support on the quartet's ...
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Melodic metal band PYRAMAZE will release its fifth album, "Contingent", on April 28 in Europe and North America through Inner Wound Recordings. The official lyric video for the song "Kingdom Of Solace", taken from the new disc, can be seen below. With "Contingent", PYRAMAZE has grown and matured into a band that is capable of ...
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Official video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Confusion" live on March 1 at at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico can be seen below. METALLICA's music video for "Confusion" was directed by Claire Marie Vogel. The clip, in which one soldier's civilian life blurs into a battlefield, cuts back and forth between a woman ...
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This summer, METALLICA's "WorldWired" tour hits stadiums across North America. The band has invited along special guests AVENGED SEVENFOLD and openers VOLBEAT or GOJIRA to join them through out the summer. However, as some fans have noticed, there are a handful of cities (five, to be exact!) where only one band from the bill is ...
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METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", has jumped from No. 19 to No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart this week, with 50,000 units (up 110 percent) and 48,000 in traditional album sales (up 120 percent). The gain is owed mostly to a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the band's stadium tour that ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA's April 1 concert at Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hardwired 02. Atlas, Rise! 03. For Whom The Bell Tolls 04. Fuel 05. One 06. Now That We're Dead 07. Moth Into Flame 08. Harvester Of Sorrow 09. Halo On ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was interviewed by Radio Futuro before the band's April 1 concert at Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about METALLICA's willingness to constantly take chances with its music and other projects, Hetfield said: "At the end of the day, we are artists and we love ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was interviewed by Sonar FM before the band's April 1 concert at Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what it has been like for METALLICA to self-fund its projects, having launched their independent record label, Blackened Recordings, Ulrich said: "Well, I think being autonomous ...
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METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo was interviewed by Cooperativa before the band's April 1 concert at Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if he is happy with the response to METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", Trujillo said: "Yeah, the album's been very well received. It's doing incredibly ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was interviewed on a recent edition of Westwood One's "2 Hours With Matt Pinfield" radio show. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about his bond with his METALLICA bandmates, Kirk said: "Being in a band with these guys, it goes beyond just friendship. Part of the reason that ...
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Elize Ryd says that DYNAZTY's Nils Molin is "top of the list" of candidates to join AMARANTHE as the replacement for the recently departed singer Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg. Having previously used Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye from the band SMASH INTO PIECES as a stand-in for Jake on some of the shows in 2016 and ...
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Kyle McGinn of Dead Rhetoric conducted an interview with vocalist Elize Ryd of Swedish melodic metallers AMARANTHE prior to the band's March 8 show at Webster Hall in New York, New York. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: Obviously the big question concerns Jake's [Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg, vocals] ...
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Official Metallica TV professionally flmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Halo On Fire" on March 25 at Lollapalooza Brasil at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. METALLICA will next play South America's Lollapalooza events in Argentina and Chile on March 31 and April 1, respectively. The North American ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was interviewed on Brazilian TV prior to the band's March 25 performance at Lollapalooza Brasil at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil. You can watch the short chat below. Asked if playing for Brazilian audiences is a special experience for METALLICA, Hetfield said: "Well, of course. I'm just a human ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA's entire March 25 performance at Lollapalooza Brasil at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Setlist: 05:11 - Ecstasy Of Gold 07:07 - Hardwired 10:51 - Atlas, Rise! 17:24 - For Whom The Bell Tolls 21:56 - The Memory Remains 26:52 - Kirk Hammett's ...
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According to International Business Times, METALLICA fans have expressed outrage after tickets to the band's European tour sold out within minutes, only to quickly appear on various ticket reselling web sites at much higher prices. Tickets for the European leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" tour went on sale Friday morning (March 24) and were ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Black Rose" from Danish/American rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT can be seen below. The clip was directed by Shan Dan Horan. The track is taken from the band's sixth full-length album, "Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie", which was released last June via Republic Records. VOLBEAT guitarist Rob Caggiano ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates says that he is really looking forward to the band's summer tour with METALLICA, calling the San Francisco heavy metal giants "incredible human beings and people." AVENGED SEVENFOLD's North American tour with METALLICA kicks off on May 10 in Baltimore, Maryland and will hit stadiums in 25 cities before winding ...
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METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo spoke to Live Nation about the stage setup for the band's "WorldWired" tour, which will officially kick off on May 10 in Baltimore, Maryland. "The new stage is… We're in the round," he said (see video below). "It feels a little smaller and tighter. One of the things, when we played ...
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METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo was recently interviewed by Italy's Virgin Radio. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what fans can expect from the stage show on the European leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" tour, Trujillo said: "Yeah, I think what's exciting about what's happening right now is it's all still very fresh, and ...
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A fourteen-minute video featuring footage filmed at METALLICA's headquarters in San Rafael, California during the writing and recording of "RIP", the song that later became "Halo On Fire", can be seen below. METALLICA's official video for "Halo On Fire" was directed by the Brooklyn-based high-art photography duo Herring and Herring, who photographed the band for ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the famous Irish traditional song "Whiskey In The Jar" (popularized by THIN LIZZY in the '70s) on August 20, 2016 at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota can be seen below. METALLICA has announced the European leg of its "WorldWired" tour in support of the band's new ...
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"You Don't Know", a brand new song from Canadian hard rockers KOBRA AND THE LOTUS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Prevail I", which will be released on May 12 via Napalm Records. The disc was produced by Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, AMARANTHE, EPICA) and mastered by Grammy Award-winning ...
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Official video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Enter Sandman" on February 12 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California can be seen below. The intimate concert at the Hollywood Palladium — for around 3,000 or so fans — was held just hours after METALLICA powered through technical difficulties during a special duet with pop ...
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METALLICA today announced the European leg of its "WorldWired" tour in support of the band's new album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct". The trek kicks off with two shows in Amsterdam at the Ziggo Dome on September 4 and September 6. Norway's KVELERTAK will be support for the tour run. See below for a complete list of ...
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Several apparently inebriated members of AVENGED SEVENFOLD played a somewhat sloppy rendition of their song "Nightmare" during an unannounced appearance at a small restaurant and bar in Helsinki, Finland on March 5. Using equipment that was supplied by the Hard Rock Cafe, vocalist M. Shadows, guitarist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ and drummer Brooks Wackerman ...
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According to Billboard, METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", has jumped from No. 14 to No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart this week, with 81,000 units (up 191 percent) and 79,000 in album sales (up 209 percent). The gain is owed mostly to a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the ...
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Melodic metal band PYRAMAZE will release its fifth album, "Contingent", on April 28 in Europe and North America through Inner Wound Recordings. The official lyric video for the song "20 Second Century", taken from the new disc, can be seen below. With "Contingent", PYRAMAZE has grown and matured into a band that is capable of ...
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METALLICA has enlisted DJ and producer Mix Master Mike to take part in the upcoming North American leg of the band's "WorldWired" tour. The band said in a statement: "Mike will be spinning some of your favorite (and ours!) hard rock and metal tracks throughout the evening at all of the stadium dates this summer. ...
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