ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello has commenced work on his memoir. The book, which does not yet have a release date, is being written with Joel McIver, the bestselling author of more than two dozen books on rock music, including "My Life With Deth" from Bello's ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE bandmate, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. Speaking to ...
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"Crack The Sky", the new video from Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Berserker", which will be released on May 3 via Metal Blade Records. The disc was recorded at Sphere Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Jay Ruston, who has previously ...
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ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello has confirmed to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station that the band is hard at work on material for the follow-up to 2016's "For All Kings" album. Regarding how the new music is shaping up, Frank said (hear audio below): "There's some anger there, which I'm happy to hear. There's some ...
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Rock 'n' roll's beating heart the Karma Sanctum Hotel in Soho is the location for a three-day-long live art exhibition this June. Artist, fashion designer and musician Chloe Trujillo will team up with the Central London Hotel to showcase her art. California-based artist Trujillo, who is the wife of METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo, designs art ...
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MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will release "Sleeping Giants" on July 5 via Combat Records. The effort will coincide with the release of Ellefson's upcoming memoir, "More Life With Deth", in stores July 16 via Jawbone Press. Co-written with Ellefson's business partner Thom Hazaert, "More Life With Deth" is the follow-up to Ellefson's "My Life With ...
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Loud TV recently conducted an interview with bassist Ted Lundström of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the concept behind the band's forthcoming studio album, "Berserker": Ted: "The idea came from the story. It's one of the last battles ...
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Danko Jones — the singer/guitarist of the Canadian hard rock trio of the same name — recently appeared on the "Cobras & Fire" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the influence of KISS: Danko: "I did join the Kiss Army when I was six. ...
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AMON AMARTH lead guitarist Olavi Mikkonen and vocalist Johan Hegg spoke to the WSOU radio station about the making of the band's new album, "Berserker". Due on May 3 via Metal Blade Records, the disc was recorded at Sphere Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Jay Ruston, who has previously worked with ANTHRAX, STEEL ...
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MEGADETH's David Ellefson says that METALLICA's late bassist Cliff Burton was not an influence on his playing. Ellefon and Dave Mustaine formed MEGADETH in 1983, after Mustaine got kicked out of METALLICA. METALLICA recruited Kirk Hammett and went on to record its debut album, "Kill 'Em All", later that year, while Ellefson and Mustaine began ...
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ANTHRAX's Charlie Benante, in his quest to be "forever metal," has joined forces with Fantasm Media to create the heaviest cards ever. The Charlie Benante card set includes nine cards and guarantees a personally autographed card in every set. All orders include the exclusive Charlie Benante drum track download, "Beach Bongo Fury". (You ...
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Metallic hardcore heavyweights SWORN ENEMY return with a vengeance on their venomous new record, "Gamechanger", due out next Friday, April 5. Produced by Robb Flynn (MACHINE HEAD) and mixed/mastered by Zack Ohren (SUFFOCATION, FALLUJAH, WARBRINGER), the hard-knuckled album expertly fuses metal, thrash and New York hardcore. On the heels of the well-received first single "Prepare ...
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ANTHRAX's Scott Ian and DETHKLOK's Brendon Small have composed and performed the legacy sound package for the third game in Stern Pinball, Inc.'s Black Knight franchise, Black Knight: Sword Of Rage. Says Ian: "Metal and pinball? Yes please. Soundtrack to this killer machine by me." The iconic pinball character the Black Knight returns to entertain ...
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NAPALM DEATH's long-awaited new album will not be released before next year. The follow-up to the 2015's "Apex Predator - Easy Meat" will feature an appearance by guitarist Mitch Harris, who has been taking a leave of absence from NAPALM DEATH since late 2014 to focus on his family life. Speaking to Extreme ...
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Rockway.gr has uploaded video footage of ARMORED SAINT's March 15 performance at the Up The Hammers XIV festival at the Gagarin 205 club in Athens, Greece. Check it out below. Last fall, ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush confirmed to the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio show "Wired In The Empire" that the band has started ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Something Good" from THE DAMNED THINGS can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming second album, "High Crimes", which will be released on April 26 via Nuclear Blast. The supergroup comprised of members of EVERY TIME I DIE, ANTHRAX and FALL OUT BOY recently ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL says that he believed from the beginning that the band's documentary, "Anvil! The Story Of Anvil", would have the kind of impact that it ended up having. "I knew immediately, because it wasn't some jackass with a video camera," he told A&P-Reacts in a new interview ...
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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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Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH will release their new album, "Berserker", on May 3 via Metal Blade Records. The disc was recorded at Sphere Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Jay Ruston, who has previously worked with ANTHRAX, STEEL PANTHER, URIAH HEEP and STONE SOUR. The album's first single, "Raven's Flight", can be streamed ...
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A new trailer for "High Crimes", the upcoming album from THE DAMNED THINGS, can be seen below. In the trailer, guitarist Joe Trohman discusses the band's new single, "Cells", and the idea behind the accompanying music video. The "Cells" clip was directed by Brandon Dermer, who has previously worked with PANIC! AT THE DISCO and ...
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Carla Harvey has gone public with her relationship with Charlie Benante. Although the BUTCHER BABIES co-frontwoman and the ANTHRAX drummer have been dating for at least three years, they apparently chose to keep their relationship quiet. But that all changed over the weekend, when Carla posted an Instagram photo of her with Charlie, along with ...
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An audio sample of a new AMON AMARTH song, apparently titled "Raven's Flight", is available below. The track, which is expected to make its online debut this Wednesday (March 20), is taken from the band's upcoming album, which is due this spring via Metal Blade Records. The disc was recorded at Sphere Studios in North ...
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According to Stuff.co.nz, former PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo's concerts in New Zealand have been canceled in the wake of last week's terror attacks at Christchurch mosques which left 50 dead. Anselmo was due to play with his solo project, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS in Christchurch on March 26 and in Auckland ...
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SLAYER's March 17 concert in Christchurch, New Zealand has been canceled following this past Friday's mosque shootings in the city which killed 50 people and left 50 others injured. The decision to call off the show at Horncastle Arena on was announced by Tim Scandrett, the board chairman of VBase, the company that owns and ...
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METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo says that there has been no discussion about more "Big Four" concerts before SLAYER finally calls it quits. The so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at ...
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ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has uploaded an Instagram video of him playing the SLAYER song "At Dawn They Sleep" with the members of the latter band during soundcheck. The clip, which was apparently filmed earlier today before the two groups' joint concert in Auckland, New Zealand, can be seen below. Benante wrote in an accompanying ...
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Original DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell says that he had "no idea" that TENACIOUS D won a Grammy for its cover version of the DIO classic "The Last In Line". Four years ago, TENACIOUS D was honored with a Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 57th annual Grammy ...
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ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE, the collaboration between ANTHRAX's Frank Bello and MEGADETH's David Ellefson — two virtuosic bass players who've anchored some of the fiercest thrash records of all time — has released the official music video for the song "Part Of Me". The track, which features a guest appearance by ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss, ...
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THE DAMNED THINGS, the supergroup comprised of members of EVERY TIME I DIE, ANTHRAX and FALL OUT BOY, will embark on a U.S. tour in May. Support on the trek will come from CROBOT and HE IS LEGEND. Tour dates: May 01 – West Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go Go May 04 - Jacksonville, ...
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ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante spoke to Australia's "Everblack" podcast about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2016's "For All Kings" album. "There's a collection of songs so far that are very, very, I would say, a little more in the aggressive style," he said (hear audio below). "There's gonna be a ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS will release their fourth studio album in September via Nuclear Blast. Titled "Another State Of Grace", the follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire" was produced and mixed by Jay Ruston (STONE SOUR, ANTHRAX, URIAH HEEP). The band will support the record with a full U.K. and Ireland tour in October 2019, with additional ...
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