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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Belonging Is Extremely Overrated' In a new interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, who has been living and recording music in Japan since 2003, was asked if he ever feels isolated or that he ...

LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Discusses How Being A 'Workaholic' Inspired New 'Sleepless Empire' Album By David E. Gehlke LACUNA COIL’s career-altering 2002 “Comalies” studio album received the re-recording treatment in 2022 upon ...

DIRKSCHNEIDER Shares 'Reimagined' Version Of 'Balls To The Wall' Title Track Featuring SABATON's JOAKIM BRODÉN Marking the 40th anniversary of ACCEPT’s iconic album “Balls To The Wall”, the band’s founding member and former ...

Watch: KERRY KING Covers IRON MAIDEN's 'Purgatory' And 'Killers' At Opening Concert Of First-Ever Headlining Tour SLAYER guitarist Kerry King and his solo band kicked off their first-ever headlining tour last night (Wednesday, January 15) at the ...

SKID ROW's ROB HAMMERSMITH On New Singer Search: 'We Have Had Some Really Strong Candidates' In a new interview with the Appetite For Distortion podcast, SKID ROW drummer Rob Hammersmith spoke about the band’s ongoing search for a replacement for singer ...

CRISTINA SCABBIA Explains How LACUNA COIL Found New Touring Guitarist DANIELE SALOMONE In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie’s nationally syndicated radio show, LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia was asked how Italian guitarist/producer Daniele Salomone came to ...

SODOM's THOMAS 'ANGELRIPPER' SUCH: 'I Wanna Slow Down Everything In Next Year' In a new interview with Ghost Cult Magazine, bassist/vocalist Thomas “Angelripper” Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM spoke about the band’s ...

WARBRINGER Announces March/April 2025 North American Tour With ALLEGAEON Modern thrash titans WARBRINGER recently announced their highly anticipated new album, “Wrath And Ruin”, out March 14, 2025 via Napalm Records, with the release of cataclysmic single ...

CHRIS POLAND Says MARTY FRIEDMAN Is His 'Second-Favorite' MEGADETH Guitarist After KIKO LOUREIRO In a new interview with Greg Prato of Ultimate Guitar, ex-MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland was asked to name his favorite MEGADETH guitarists apart from himself. He ...

Hierarchies To the untrained ear, death metal may not seem like a genre blessed with endless possibilities. But bands like HIERARCHIES think differently. Bands like this yawn, stretch and idly flex their creative muscles, producing music that teeters precariously and ...