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The all-star band Hail!, comprised of Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Tim Ripper Owens (ex Judas Priest, Beyond Fear, Yngwie Malmsteen), David Ellefson (Megadeth) and newly announced drummer, Paul Bostaph (Slayer, Exodus and Testament) will be the first metal band to ever play live in Lebanon. On November 20th, HAIL! will play the historic concert at Hektic Hall in the capitol city of Beirut.
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Slayer have issued the following update:

"It is with immense disappointment that Slayer must postpone its U.K. and European tour that had been set to kick off on November 18 in the U.K., and take the band on 19 dates through Europe, ending on December 17th in Germany. The tour will be rescheduled to kick off on March 7th in Manchester, England (complete itinerary is below)....

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Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has posted a short message on Twitter regarding the new Megadeth album, "Endgame," stating simply that it "sounds killer!"

Megadeth's frontman Dave Mustaine was clearly flattered by Slash's remarks, writing in an online post, "Slash and I have been friends for a really long time. I have played ...

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich disputed reports last month that the band was assembling a tour that would feature the "Big Four" of the 1980s underground thrash metal scene — itself, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Metallica frontman James Hetfield gave The Pulse of Radio a little more insight into how the story started. "I think it was certainly spurred on by the Rock and Roll Hall ...

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Just a few days into the band's European tour with Amon Amarth, bassist Mike Alexander of British thrashers Evile was suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital, but tragically passed away in Lulea, Sweden [on Monday, October 5]. He was 32 years old.

Evile members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter have released the following statement:

"This is so hard to find t...

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Megadeth's new album, "Endgame," has sold 45,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 9 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD sold 8,200 units in Canada to land at No. 4 on the country's official chart.

Megadeth's previous CD, "United Abominations," sold around 54,000 copies in the U.S. to debut at No. 8. This was more th...

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The December 2009 issue of Guitar World magazine (featuring Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell on the cover) includes an interview with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. Excerpts from the discourse follow below.

Guitar World: You've stated that Chris Broderick is the best guitarist you've had in Megadeth. Taking into account the caliber of the guys who have come before him, that's no sm...

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Anthrax played on Saturday, August 1st at the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, England, with John Bush (Anthrax's singer from 1992 to 2005) joining them for a very special one-off performance.

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian wrote on his Twitter page shortly after the concert, "40-odd thousand people chanting 'Bring back Bush.' 'Nuff said."

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...Its here... well its been leaked and i've listened to it. I'm quite impressed actually. The production is good. Very tight and Mustaine seems to be playing better than ever before. Whether it will be a hit like United Abominations i don't know. We'll see I guess. Very Happy

its all on youtube so have a listen Very Happy