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Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with legendary extreme-metal drummer Gene Hoglan (Testament, Death, Strapping Young Lad, Dark Angel, Dethklock).

Metal Assault: Coming to your “Gene Hoglan Experience” stuff that you’ve been doing, I think you’ve done one show so far in Calgary. What was that like and people who’re going to see the shows in the coming few days, what can they expect from this event?

Hoglan: A whole lot of fun! That’s one thing I try to bring — a real sense of fun — and this thing kind of borders on stand-up comedy for me, because everything I do is completely ad-lib...

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Peter Hodgson of Gibson.com recently conducted an interview with Sammy Hagar (Chickenfoot, Van Halen). An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Gibson.com: I’ve always wanted to ask you how you rank yourself as a guitarist. It takes balls to stand up there with Eddie Van Halen or Joe Satriani. I’ve been lucky to jam with Satriani and Vai, and to a certain point it’s intimidating but also at a certain point you’ve just got to tell yourself “Screw it, this is what I do.”

Sammy: I’m a little bit intimidated if we go too long, but in Chickenfoot and Van Halen, I just put the guitar on and got a big cheer always, and then I’d burn for a little bit and then take it back off before I ran out of chops, y’know? I rate myself as a guy that can pl...

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Elize Ryd of Swedish metallers Amaranthe has uploaded an audio recording of her singing the Nightwish song “Nemo”. Ryd laid down the vocals for the track in 2006 when the Finnish symphonic metal band was seeking a replacement for Tarja Turunen.

Says Ryd: “I’ve been saving this for a special moment. And now when I became a singer as I was dreaming of… and been travelling all over the world and met fantastic people and also Nightwish on stage. And have such wonderful fans.

“It is an amazing memory from the day when Nightwish sent me a demo with music and ask me to put my voice on it!! So here it is. ‘Nemo’ from the Nightwish audition 2006!!”

Ryd, who has been touring the world as a backing singer vocalist for Kamelot, filled in for th...

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The house where rock legend Kurt Cobain grew up is to go on sale for $500,000.

The white wood bungalow, in Aberdeen, Washington is being put on the market by his mother Wendy O’Connor, who has kept hold of the property despite previously moving out of the state.

Several famous photos of Cobain as a child and a teenager – including an iconic image of his early days playing guitar – were taken at the home, and his family is hoping the property will be preserved as a museum dedicated to the Nirvana star.

The rocker’s sister, Kim Cobain, says, “We’ve decided to sell the home to create a legacy for Kurt, and yes, there are some mixed feelings since we have all loved the home and it carries so many great memories...

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The attraction forms part of the Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood. Featuring scenes based on some of Sabbath’s darkest lyrics, the maze takes visitors through gruesome battlefields, graveyards and madhouses with accompanying 3D video and a soundtrack inspired by the band.

“Very few bands can claim to have defined a genre of music but Black Sabbath’s remarkable influence in the evolution of heavy metal will go down in history,” says John Murdy, creative director for Universal Studios Hollywood...

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Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with guitarist John Petrucci of progressive metallers Dream Theater. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Attention Deficit Delirium: Your wife, Rena Sands, plays guitar in the Judas Priestess tribute band. Is there ever a chance that you two might do a musical project together?

Petrucci: We would love to. We talk about doing that. It just depends on what the style would be and just finding the time to do that. She’s such a great guitar player. We’re celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. We just got from back from Vegas actually.

Attention Deficit Delirium: Congratulations.

Petrucci: Thank you...

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Tom Keifer, best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Philadelphia based blues/rock band Cinderella debuted his solo album, “The Way Life Goes”, which sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 78 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released on April 30 via Merovee Records (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).

The collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country roots that have always been present in his unique sound that has generated the sale of over 15 million records worldwide for Cinderella...

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Original Great White bassist Lorne Black has died. He appeared on the band’s 1984 self-titled debut, 1986’s “Shot In The Dark” and 1987’s “Once Bitten…”.

Original Great White singer Jack Russell, who is currently touring with a version of the band calling itself JACK Russel’s Great White, has posted the following statement: “It is with great sadness that we have been informed of the passing of Lorne Black yesterday Friday, September 27! Our hearts go out to his family, friends and fans.

“Lorne was a huge part of the first incarnation of Great White! May he rest in peace.”

Added Great White guitarist Mark Kendall: “I saw Lorne’s cousin Robert a few months ago and we were in touch. Robert told me Lorne wasn’t too good then.

“I lost R...

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To coincide with The Cult’s “Electric 13” world tour, the band has created an iconic limited-edition surfboard.

“The 1979 American epic war film ‘Apocalypse Now’ was a huge influence on the ‘Electric’ album,” says The Cult singer Ian Astbury. “Many of the songs such as ‘Love Removal Machine’ and ‘Peace Dog’ feature ‘Apocalypse Now’ influences.

“After seeing ‘Apocalypse Now’, I became fascinated with the subcultures that existed during the Vietnam War, especially the scenes that focused on Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore’s (Robert Duvall) love of surfing and his iconic surfboard.

“Surfer culture during the Vietnam War has always been a great muse to me...