"50 days of Metallica" contest winner, a listener of the 94.1 FM WYSP radio station in Philadelphia, got a chance to interview METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich when the band performed in the city on January 17, 2009. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Question: After Dave Mustaine's removal from the band, how's the relationship ...
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ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: Coming from an old-school thrash background, do you feel like you brought a raw edge to "Death Magnetic"? Trujillo: I think it was a combination of things. If you want ...
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WLUP-FM 97.9 (Loop 97.9) morning personality Byrd conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich when the band performed at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on January 26, 2009. Watch the seven-and-a-half-minute chat below. METALLICA will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, it was announced at a press ...
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An eight-minute video featuring instrumental acrobatics by guitarist Robert "Rob Guz" Gustafsson of M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — can be viewed below. Gustafsson's 11-string guitar (which Rob Guz designed on his own; see photo below), alongside the guitar called "Roots ...
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GameSpot recently conducted an interview with Neversoft lead designer Alan Flores about the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game. Watch the chat below. METALLICA has revealed the complete track listing Guitar Hero: Metallica, which is due out in North America on March 29. It is as follows: METALLICA tracks: * All Nightmare Long * Battery * ...
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Video footage of METALLICA performing the songs "Creeping Death" and "Cyanide" on January 17, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be viewed below (Note: The clips feature soundboard audio). METALLICA will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, it was announced at a press conference in New York on January 14. ...
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METALLICA has revealed the complete track listing for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, which is due out in North America on March 29. It is as follows: METALLICA tracks: * All Nightmare Long * Battery * Creeping Death * Disposable Heroes * Dyers Eve * Enter Sandman * Fade To Black * Fight Fire ...
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Chris Steffen of RollingStone.com had an opportunity to demo the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game and has filed an in-depth report which includes a lot of new details about the game. An excerpt from the article follows below. "Everything about the game, from the menu animations based on art by Pushead, METALLICA's long-running ...
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Video footage of METALLICA jamming backstage prior to the band's January 17, 2009 concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be viewed below. METALLICA will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, it was announced at a press conference in New York on January 14. Joining the band as inductees are guitar ...
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METALLICA has been confirmed for this year's Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 19-21 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). Other headliners are PLACEBO and DIE TOTEN HOSEN. METALLICA will perform on Friday, June 19. Three-day tickets are already ...
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Quality photos of METALLICA's January 18, 2009 concert at TD Banknorth Center in Boston, Massachusetts can be found at EmpyreLounge.com. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. That Was Just Your Life 02. The End Of The Line 03. Harvester Of Sorrow 04. For Whom the Bell Tolls 05. One 06. Broken, Beat ...
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Metal Mind Productions will reissue two remastered albums by TANK, one of the most influential formations which emerged in the beginnings of the NWOBHM madness. "War Of Attrition Live 1981" and "Filth Hounds Of Hades" will be made available on January 26 in Europe (March 10 in the USA via MVD). Each limited-edition digipack title ...
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A METALLICA fan by the name of Bob Johnson won the chance to go backstage and interview drummer Lars Ulrich before the band's January 12, 2009 concert at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first three parts of the interview, which aired on Milwaukee's 102.9 The Hog radio station, can be viewed below. METALLICA ...
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Video footage of "piano man" Billy Joel performing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell" on Friday, January 16 at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida can be viewed below. One of Joel's roadies sang the song while Billy played rhythm guitar. Billy Joel was previously joined by AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson ...
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A METALLICA fan by the name of Bob Johnson won the chance to go backstage and interview drummer Lars Ulrich before the band's January 12, 2009 concert at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first two parts of the interview, which aired on Milwaukee's 102.9 The Hog radio station, can be viewed below. METALLICA ...
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"Blood Vanish", the new video from M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Gabriel Engber. "Blood Vanish" comes off M.A.N's sophomore album, "Peacenemy", which was released in Europe in March 2008 (April in ...
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On September 27, 1986, METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton lost his life at the age of 24 in a coach crash near Ljungby, Sweden. In the 23 years since that devastating event, no one has chronicled Burton's huge talent and achievements in book form. However, in June 2009 this is set to change with the global ...
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A METALLICA fan by the name of Bob Johnson won the chance to go backstage and interview drummer Lars Ulrich before the band's January 12, 2009 concert at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The six-minute interview, which aired on Milwaukee's 102.9 The Hog radio station, can be viewed below. METALLICA will be inducted into ...
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The legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK — featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar and original TANK drummer Mark Brabbs alongside two new recruits, ex-RAINBOW/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White and ex-BRUCE DICKINSON bassist Chris Dale — have been confirmed for the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 23-25, 2009 in ...
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METALLICA held a press conference earlier today (Wednesday, January 14) in New York City to answer questions about their upcoming induction into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The entire 20-minute question-and-answer session can be viewed below (courtesy of Fuse TV). A couple of excerpts from the conference follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). Q: ...
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DOWN will embark on a U.S. tour in February/March. Also scheduled to appear on the bill are EVIL ARMY and WEEDEATER. (Update: Hellbilly rocker Hank Williams III [ASSJACK, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ARSON ANTHEM], who was originally supposed to be on the bill, is no longer part of this package.) The following dates have been announced so ...
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HoundsTV.com, which features the latest in celebrity autograph news and video, has compiled a list of the best and the worst musicians for autographs and meeting fans in Canada in 2008. The best were AC/DC, COLDPLAY and THE GUESS WHO, while the worst were LED ZEPPELIN, BON JOVI and THE EAGLES. Regarding AC/DC, ...
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Bring Back Glam! recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ron Keel of the reactivated '80s hard rock band KEEL. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Bring Back Glam!: Tell me how the reunion got rolling. Ron Keel: The band members always remained really good friends, unlike so many other bands of the ...
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SunNewspapers.net reports that AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson was welcomed by Sarasota Memorial Hospital president and CEO Gwen MacKenzie, Healthcare Foundation president and CEO Alex Quarles and Jennifer Mayer, medical director of All Children's at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, as they opened the new Brian Johnson Music Therapy Room. Shortly after a press conference at ...
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Bassist Rob Hakemo of M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — underwent "gallstone" surgery at the Östra hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden on Tuesday, December 16. Rob is currently recovering and will soon be back on his feet again. M.A.N recently filmed a ...
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Belgium's SERPENTCULT, the new band featuring former members of THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and WELKIN, will release its full-length debut, "Weight of Light", will in North America on January 27, 2009 via Rise Above Records. A four-piece from Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, SERPENTCULT delivers punishing, down tuned music that transcends the standard doom fare into a maze ...
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The legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK have re-grouped and are ready for battle once more. The release of the "Dogs of War" boxed set last year on Metal Mind Productions was a great success, which led to the inevitable re-release of the entire back catalog. This has proven very popular with the band's die-hard ...
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Answering one of the great burning questions on the metal world's mind — where did keyboardist and programmer John Bechdel go after being in PRONG in the 1990's? — we're graced with the debut of his FALSE ICONS project. That's not entirely fair, of course; the man has done time in MINISTRY and Burton Bell's ...
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A metaphorically appropriate name on many levels, EARLY MAN is a musical translation of that scene from "2001: A Space Odyssey" where the prehistoric ape-man discovers that the leg bone of his fallen comrade made for a handy weapon and proceeded use the blunt instrument to bash the living fuck out members of a rival ...
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Far be it from me to defend the likes of a band who has achieved such a high level of success by doing little more than filtering the highlights of METALLICA's career into a watered-down glass of Kool-Aid for the metalcore kids to slurp down like they were rockin' it in Jonestown. On top of ...
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