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After a solid week of intensive recording at Pyramid Sound with producer Alex Perialas, Birth A.D. is close to the finish line with their debut album, I Blame You. Bassist/vocalist Jeff Tandy was quoted as saying, “Everything sounds great so far. Alex has pushed us to get the best performances of our careers, and even the raw tracks sound unbelievable. …
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Swedish heavy metallers HAMMERFALL have reached another important milestone in their career! Clinching the highest first-week sales of their career in excess of 1,700 units, their new album, Infected, has debuted on the following three American Billboard charts: #16 Heatseekers chart; #33 Current Hard Music albums; #51 Top Hard Music albums. HAMMERFALL guitarist and founding …
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SYMPHONY X checked in from the House of Blues in Hollywood via a live chat yesterday to answer fan-submitted questions. View the 38-minute footage below – where the band discusses their most memorable show, the merits of Taco Bell, the significance of Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard Of Oz album, etc. Video streaming by Ustream
Ok, that headline may be slightly misleading. It’s not as if Gary Holt’s first performance with Slayer, stepping in for the infected Jeff Hanneman, was what led to Tom Araya’s hospitalization. No, in fact, Holt’s debut performance with the band went off mostly without a hitch (did I hear a fuckup in the intro to …
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Lamb of God skinsman Chris Adler has been blowing the minds of drummers and layman fans alike for 12 years with his technically astonishing and intricate parts. In addition to his accomplishments as a musician, starting with the band’s thrashier early days under the moniker Burn the Priest, he’s always had a passion for finding …
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British heavy metal legends SAXON have posted a video message from the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which set sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24 and is scheduled to return four days later. Check out the clip below.
For anybody following DevilDriver, it was no secret that bassist Jonathan Miller was notably absent from the bands past two overseas treks. Today he released a statement explaining what exactly is going on. “To all DevilDriver fans and friends, I wanted to give you an update on my status as far as my health is …
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MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson checks in from the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 22, 2010 where the “Big Four” of thrash metal — Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax took the stage together for the first time for an all-star jam. Go to SMNnews
As reported yesterday, Machine Head main man Robb Flynn‘s house was broken into, and some invaluable guitars were among the stolen possessions. Pleading for their safe return and offering a reward of the priceless equipment – one of which he recorded the band’s first album Burn My Eyes with and the other, which was a …
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Braingell wants to reach out to all it’s listeners and readers regarding a crisis involving a woman by the name of Nancy Crawford. Nancy and her family are currently living in Culver, CA. Here’s the crisis…Nancy is currently undergoing chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer and a friend of hers has made a page on Facebook for …
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