Czech Republic's Muzikus.cz recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. You can now listen to the chat in three parts below. Speaking about his decision to leave METALLICA in 2001, Jason said: "I don't know if this is selfish, and anybody ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of NEWSTED — the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted — performing at the Spanish edition of the Sonisphere festival on May 31 at Auditorio Miguel Ríos in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid can be seen below. NEWSTED has been confirmed for this year's edition of Gigantour, ...
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Ken Gallant of DeadRhetoric.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Eric "A.K." Knutson of veteran Arizona-based metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: Now you've had guitarist Michael Gilbert come back to the band, so how's that working out? Erik: We have what I call a ...
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Former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo says that he learned via the Internet that he was being replaced for the band's forthcoming European tour. "And…. There you have it folks!" Lombardo tweeted shortly after Paul Bostaph's return to SLAYER was officially announced. Asked by a fan via Twitter whether he heard directly from the ...
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Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G., will celebrate their 10th anniversary by releasing a live album on June 24 via Century Media Records in Europe. Entitled "Apotheosis - Live 2012", the CD will contain 17 songs recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of NEWSTED — the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted — performing on May 15 at Planet Rock in Battle Creek, Michigan can be seen below. As previously reported, Jason was knocked off stage by an overzealous fan during NEWSTED's May 21 gig in ...
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The Mighty Z of Capital Chaos TV conducted an interview with BUTCHER BABIES prior to the band's February 19 performance at the Warfield in San Francisco, California as the support act for MARILYN MANSON. You can now watch the chat below. BUTCHER BABIES will release their debut album, "Goliath", on July 9 via ...
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It's time to get metaled up. VH1 Classic's centerpiece in original programming, "That Metal Show" is returning for its 12th season. The acclaimed hard rock and heavy metal talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine kicks off the latest season on Saturday, June 1 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. "That Metal Show" ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has revealed that he and MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine may perform a classic METALLICA song on the upcoming Gigantour. Newsted, who quit METALLICA in February 2001, is the frontman of a new band, simply called NEWSTED, which was recently this year's edition of Gigantour, the critically acclaimed package festival founded ...
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"Goat Of Departure", a brand new song from Michigan's unstoppable sons of molten melodic death metal THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track comes off the band's sixth full-length album, "Everblack", which will be released on June 11 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Audiohammer ...
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Boston power/thrash veterans MELIAH RAGE recently announced the addition of singer Marc Lopes to the group's ranks. The band is currently working on a new album, "Warrior", to be released this summer via Metal On Metal Records. Commented Lopes: "Joining the band kind of came out of nowhere for me, actually. [MELIAH RAGE founder] Tony ...
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Earlier this month, Stefanie Heminger of "Stefanie's Rock Show" conducted an interview with guitarist Jason Hook of Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH introduced the first single from its upcoming album, called "Lift Me Up", via a live ...
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In a recent interview with Music Radar, JUDAS PRIEST lead singer Rob Halford was asked if RUSH's recent induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame gave him some hope that PRIEST could be next in line to be honored. "I hope so, sure," Halford replied. "I think it's great. I would ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have completed recording the lead vocals for the follow-up to 2010's "Relentless Retribution" for an October release via Nuclear Blast Records. The band's seventh CD is being tracked at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, ...
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"The Jason Lee & Kluck Show", which airs on the WRBR-FM (Real Rock 103.9 The Bear) radio station in South Bend, Indiana, conducted an interview with Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER prior to the band's May 17 performance at Club Fever in South Bend. You can now watch the chat below. STEEL PANTHER recently ...
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Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted before NEWSTED's May 21 concert in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. As previously reported, Jason was knocked off stage by an overzealous fan during NEWSTED's gig ...
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Quality two-camera fan-filmed video mix of NEWSTED — the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted — performing the song "Soldierhead" on May 18 at Bottom Lounge in Chicago, Illinois can be seen below. NEWSTED has been confirmed for this year's edition of Gigantour, the critically acclaimed package ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of the current touring lineup of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE — which includes bassist John Moyer (DISTURBED, ADRENALINE MOB) and backing singer Sass Jordan (who sings the duet with Tate in "Suite Sister Mary") — performing on May 17 at Arcada Theatre in Saint Charles, Illinois can be seen below. "Frequency Unknown", the ...
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BUTCHER BABIES will release their debut album, "Goliath", on July 9 via Century Media Records. The Los Angeles-based band — frontwomen Carla Harvey and Heidi Shephard, guitarist Henry Flury, bassist Jason Klein and drummer Chris Warner — wrapped its tour with MARILYN MANSON in late February and went straight into the studio with producer Josh ...
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It's time to get metaled up. VH1 Classic's centerpiece in original programming, "That Metal Show" is returning for its 12th season. The acclaimed hard rock and heavy metal talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine kicks off the latest season on Saturday, June 1 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. "That Metal Show" ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted was knocked off stage by an overzealous fan during NEWSTED's May 21 concert at New York City's Highline Ballroom. According to Metal Insider, Newsted's new band was halfway through a rendition of METALLICA's "Whiplash" when "the fan leapt onstage, appeared to attempt a stage dive into the middle ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of the current touring lineup of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE — which includes bassist John Moyer (DISTURBED, ADRENALINE MOB) and backing singer Sass Jordan (who sings the duet with Tate in "Suite Sister Mary") — performing on May 16 at Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin can be seen below. "Frequency Unknown", the new ...
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Pop-Break's Bill Bodkin recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Pop-Break: What is different about Jason Newsted — the musician, the man — since you last did a full tour or played ...
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On April 26, Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE took part in an acoustic performance of two songs — "Eyes Of A Stranger" and "Silent Lucidity" — inside "Bjorn's Audio Video Live Music Lounge" on WOAI (1200 AM), a San Antonio, Texas, news/talk formatted radio station. You can watch video footage of their appearance below. "Frequency Unknown", the ...
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On May 21, Geoff Tate of QUEENSRŸCHE was interviewed on the "Signals Of Intuition" show, which airs on the Windsor-Detroit radio station 99.1 CJAM-FM. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, sold around 5,500 copies in its first ...
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith and former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony are in the studio with ex-VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, where the Red Rocker is working on a new album. The three musicians, of course, comprise three-fourths of the lineup of CHICKENFOOT, although they are apparently not making a new CHICKENFOOT ...
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Progressive rock/metal band CYNIC has begun mixing its new album for a fall release via Season Of Mist. The group's drummer, Sean Reinert, writes in an online posting: "Some people are gonna be pissed and others are gonna say 'thank you!!!' I'm with the latter!" CYNIC's new CD was recorded at Perfect Sound studios in ...
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Guitarist Michael Gilbert of Phoenix, Arizona-based metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM was recently interviewed on the "Beyond The Realms Of Metal" show, which airs on the KSCU 103.3 FM radio station in Santa Clara, California. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will play a special concert ...
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On May 14, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. SHINEDOWN's fourth album, "Amaryllis", came out last year. The CD debuted atop Billboard's "Rock Albums" chart and at #4 overall on The Billboard ...
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David Ellefson (MEGADETH) conducted an interview with NEWSTED members Jason Newsted (also formerly of METALLICA, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM and VOIVOD) and Mike Mushok (also of STAIND) backstage at the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards on May 2 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. NEWSTED has ...
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