Former MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel says that playing with SLAYER "saved" his musical career. Demmel filled in for SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt for four European shows last fall after Gary returned home to be with his dying father. Phil, who had only played his last show with MACHINE HEAD the day prior to being ...
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"Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story" will premiere on Saturday, April 20 at AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco, California at 1 p.m. Directed by Adam Dubin (BEASTIE BOYS' "Fight For Your Right to Party", "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn"), the film contains over fifty interviews with various metal ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich celebrated the 37th anniversary of the band's first-ever concert by sharing the only photo he could find of the drum kit he used at the show, plus the setlist and his diary entry from that day. The concert took place on March 14, 1982 at Radio City in Anaheim, California — ...
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METAL ALLEGIANCE will celebrate its fifth year of existence with four shows on the West Coast in April. These special four concerts will feature the core four members — David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Mark Menghi, Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER) and Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) — sharing the stage with Chuck Billy ...
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KHDK Electronics has unveiled the latest addition to its lineup of award-winning pedals. Created with the high priest of thrash metal Gary Holt, Paranormal is the essence of Gary's sound: distinct, thick, precise with absolute clarity in the mix. The silkscreened art boasts a satanic cat with glowing eyes, inspired by no other than Gary's ...
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TESTAMENT drummer Gene Hoglan spoke to Agoraphobic News about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake" album. "Eric [Peterson, guitar] and I are in the process of writing it," he said (hear audio below). "We've got about six songs together. I scoot up to Sacramento ...
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Connecticut quintet INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND (I.N.C.) has played uncompromising thrash since 1985 when Erik Barath and Dennis Gergely formed the band in high school. After a pair of albums on a major label, the group took some time off before making a full-on return in 2010. On March 8, I.N.C.'s fifth full-length album, "Terrible Things", ...
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Brutal death metal maniacs ABORTED have released a brand-new video clip for the song "Deep Red", taken from their latest album, "TerrorVision". After the very successful "Hell Over Europe" tour last year, ABORTED is now bringing the "TerrorVision" to North America. Vocalist Sven de Caluwé comments: "Since 'Hell Over Europe' was such a good time, ...
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Former EXODUS singer Rob Dukes and ex-SACRED REICH drummer Greg Hall have teamed up with DARK ANGEL guitarist Eric Meyer and bassist Michael Gonzalez to form a new band called BLOODMOON RITUAL. Rounding out the group is guitarist Chris Cannella, currently fronting AUTUMN'S END. These men have performed on the biggest stages of Europe and ...
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Guitarist Robert Vigna of veteran New York death metallers IMMOLATION says the band has started work on the follow-up to 2017's "Atonement". The band's tenth studio album, "Atonement" was the first to feature former INCANTATION guitarist Alex Bouks. In an interview with Alex Haber of Heavy New York at this year's NAMM convention (see video ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has told Heavy New York that the band's next studio album, which is tentatively due later this year, will not necessarily sound like a direct follow-up to 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake". "I think anytime we make a record, we don't think about the last record," he said at this past ...
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Former EXODUS singer Rob Dukes has admitted to Psychology Today that he was disappointed when guitarist and songwriter Gary Holt began playing with fellow thrash legends SLAYER eight years ago. While Holt did not officially leave EXODUS, Dukes felt that Holt's first priority was SLAYER, thus limiting the amount of touring that EXODUS ...
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At this past Wednesday's (January 23) Hall Of Heavy Metal History event at Marriott Delta Garden Grove in Anaheim, California, TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy spoke to The Metal Voice about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake" album. "The touring [for 'Brotherhood'] is done," he said (see ...
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"Ultimate Jam Night", the long-running community-oriented show in residency at the Whisky A Go Go, presents its second annual show at NAMM dubbed "Ultimate NAMM Night - The Power Of Music" on Saturday, January 26 at the Hilton Anaheim California Ballroom. The show is sponsored by DW drums, Ampeg, Mezzabara, Morley, Axis, Wedgie, Gear Secure, ...
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana has announced he will hit the road with his band across North America this summer for the "Supernatural Now" tour. The three-month, 29-date celebration will commemorate two of the most important milestones in the iconic guitarist's career: the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking, multiple Grammy-winning album ...
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The 1996 self-titled album from MACHINE HEAD/VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel's TORQUE project will be reissued on January 18, 2019 via Mascot Records. The new version of the disc includes four bonus tracks and will be made available as a CD, on vinyl and as a digital download. The song "Again" from the reissue can be ...
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For its very first European tour in 1984, METALLICA hooked up with black metal pioneers VENOM, on the latter's "Seven Dates Of Hell" tour, which included concerts in Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium and the Aardschok Festival in the Netherlands. In a brand new interview with Consquence Of Sound, VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant ...
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San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE will reunite for a one-off concert on Saturday, April 13 at the Oakland Metro in Oakland, California. The band will perform its debut album, "Eternal Nightmare", in its entirety at the show, along with "other surprises." The VIO-LENCE lineup that will appear at the Metro will consist of guitarist ...
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In a recent interview with the "Nothing Shocking" podcast, DEATH ANGEL singer Mark Osegueda was asked if he feels slighted by the fact that his band rarely gets mentioned alongside the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. "I don't know necessarily if we were slighted, 'cause the 'Big ...
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The official lyric video for "Reforged", a brand new song from the Swedish thrash metal band CARNAL FORGE, can be seen below. The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, "Gun To Mouth Salvation", which will be released on January 25, 2019 via ViciSolum Productions. It is CARNAL FORGE's first LP since 2007's "Testify ...
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SLAYER and EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has paid tribute to his deceased father, crediting him with teaching him everything he "needed to know about being a man." Holt missed the last few shows of SLAYER's recently completed European tour in order to return home and be with his father before he passed away. He was ...
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Diamond Oz of Metal Underground conducted an interview with frontman Tom "Angelripper" Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM after the band's December 6 concert at Electric Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom during the MTV "Headbanger's Ball" tour alongside EXODUS, DEATH ANGEL and SUICIDAL ANGELS. You can watch the entire chat below. ...
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The 1996 self-titled album from MACHINE HEAD/VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel's TORQUE project will be reissued on January 18, 2019 via Mascot Records. The new version of the disc includes four bonus tracks and will be made available as a CD, on vinyl and as a digital download. The song "Anger Mine", which is one of ...
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In a brand new interview with Metal Underground, EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting offered an update on the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2014's "Blood In Blood Out" album. "Me and Gary [Holt, guitar] have jammed, and there's the makings of four great songs," he said (see video below). ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his third show with SLAYER Thursday night (December 6) at Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Demmel is filling in for SLAYER's guitarist of the past eight years, Gary Holt, who announced last Sunday that he would miss ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson has told Guitar World that he hopes the group's next album will be a more collaborative effort than 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake", which saw him writing all the music in about three months and then e-mailing the songs to his bandmates. "I've talked with [lead guitarist] Alex [Skolnick] ...
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The annual Hall Of Heavy Metal History's Metal Hall Of Fame gala will take place on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Marriott Delta Garden Grove in Anaheim, California. The event will be hosted by iconic television, radio personality and heavy metal champion Eddie Trunk, and will feature appearances by heavy metal greats of today and ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel says that playing with SLAYER as the temporary replacement for Gary Holt is beyond his wildest dreams. Holt, who also plays with EXODUS, announced on Sunday that he would miss the rest of the current SLAYER European trek in order to return home and be with his ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his second show with SLAYER Wednesday night (December 5) at Hovet in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Demmel is filling in for SLAYER's guitarist of the past eight years, Gary Holt, who announced on Sunday that he would miss ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel made his live debut with SLAYER earlier tonight (Monday, December 3) at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. After the show, Demmel took to his social media sites to write: "Never has 90 minutes gone by faster. ...
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