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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer JOHN DOLMAYAN Launches All-Star Project THESE GREY MEN

ReederJun 16, 20143 min read

John Dolmayan, drummer for Grammy-winning alt-rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, launched a Kickstarter campaign today for THESE GREY MEN, a project that will produce a star-studded covers album and tour. The album will include…

LINKIN PARK’S CHESTER BENNINGTON: WE’RE NOT A METAL BAND

LINKIN PARK’s CHESTER BENNINGTON: We’re Not A Metal Band

ReederJun 16, 20142 min read

Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas recently conducted an interview with LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington for the “Metal Hammer” radio show on TeamRock Radio. You can listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. Asked if he is hurt by the…

Ex-AS I LAY DYING Guitarist NICK HIPA: TIM LAMBESIS ‘Was Publicly Trying To Discredit Us As People’

ReederJun 16, 20146 min read

Joe Daly of The Weeklings recently conducted an interview with former AS I LAY DYING and current WOVENWAR guitarist Nick Hipa. The Weeklings: When and how did the new band come together? Nick: Last May, the fourth or…

BLACK SABBATH, JIMMY PAGE To Be Honored At O2 SILVER CLEF AWARDS

ReederJun 16, 20142 min read

Music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins will present BLACK SABBATH with the AEG Live Ambassadors Of Rock award at the 2014 O2 Silver Clef Awards on Friday, July 4 at the London Hilton. Also honored at the event…

JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Guests On ‘Metal Hammer’ Radio Show

ReederJun 16, 20143 min read

Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford for the “Metal Hammer” radio show on TeamRock Radio. You can listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. JUDAS PRIEST’s new studio album, “Redeemer Of Souls”,…

Inharmonic to release Flesh Inferno EP on 7th July 2014

ReederJun 16, 20141 min read

A Finnish death metal band called Inharmonic will release a new EP on 7th July 2014. The EP titled Flesh Inferno will include 5 songs in the spirit of Bolt…

MARTY FRIEDMAN: ‘You Can Pretty Much Say I’m A Hypocrite’

ReederJun 16, 20144 min read

In the June 2014 issue of Decibel magazine, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman was asked to explain why he chose to release a mostly instrumental album in this year’s “Inferno” after advising aspiring musicians in a recent interview that they…

REX BROWN Joins PHILIP ANSELMO On Stage At U.K.’s DOWNLOAD Festival To Perform PANTERA’s ‘A New Level’

ReederJun 16, 20144 min read

Former PANTERA bassist Rex Brown joined ex-PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo on stage at the Download festival earlier today (Sunday, June 15) at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom to perform the PANTERA classic “A New Level”. You can watch fan-filmed video…

PHILIP ANSELMO Says DOWN’s Down-To-Earth Approach Has Contributed To Band’s Success

PHILIP ANSELMO Says DOWN’s Down-To-Earth Approach Has Contributed To Band’s Success

ReederJun 15, 20143 min read

TeamRock Radio conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo at this year’s Download festival, which is taking place June 13-15 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can listen to the chat using…

TESTAMENT’s CHUCK BILLY Talks To FULL METAL JACKIE About His New Management Company

ReederJun 15, 20146 min read

  Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT was interviewed on the May 30 – June 1 edition of Full Metal Jackie’s nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to…

IN FLAMES Filming ‘Rusted Nail’ Video

IN FLAMES Filming ‘Rusted Nail’ Video

ReederJun 14, 20145 min read

Swedish metallers IN FLAMES are filming a video for their new single, “Rusted Nail”, today. A photo from the set of the video shoot can be seen below. “Rusted Nail” is taken from IN FLAMES’…

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY’s ZAKK WYLDE Talks To METAL HAMMER At U.K.’s DOWNLOAD Festival

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY’s ZAKK WYLDE Talks To METAL HAMMER At U.K.’s DOWNLOAD Festival

ReederJun 14, 20142 min read

Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde at this year’s Download festival, which is taking place June 13-15 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat…

CARACH ANGREN Recording Fourth Album

ReederJun 14, 20141 min read

Dutch black metallers CARACH ANGREN have entered Tidalwave Studio in Karlsruhe, Germany with Patrick Damiani (FALKENBACH, ROME, UMBRA ET IMAGO) to record their fourth full-length album for a late 2014 release. The follow-up to 2012’s “Where The Corpses Sink…

HAMMERFALL: ‘Bushido’ Single Details Revealed

ReederJun 14, 20143 min read

After taking a creative break last year, Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL are fully recharged and back with a vengeance. The band’s new album, “(r)Evolution”, will be released on August 29 in Europe and September…

OPETH’s MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Talks ‘Pale Communion’ Album, Possibility Of Second STORM CORROSION CD

OPETH’s MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Talks ‘Pale Communion’ Album, Possibility Of Second STORM CORROSION CD

ReederJun 14, 20142 min read

Metal Hammer editor and TeamRock Radio presenter Alexander Milas conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at this year’s Download festival, which is taking place June 13-15 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You…