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Interview by Forrest Pitts In talking with The Sword‘s Kyle Schutt, one immediately feels compelled to load up a bowl, sketch out your alibi and call into work for the day. The undeniable contact high delivered via Kyle’s relaxed, cordial demeanor hard sells the idea of loosely cinching one’s bathrobe and throwing back a white Russian, all while lazily studying the horizon from your back porch. This siren call’s only further emphasized by Kyle’s current solo project: Doom Side of the Moon, a proto-heavy metal take on Pink Floyd’s classic The Dark Side of the Moon LP. Certainly, many have tried their hand … Continue reading

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has confirmed that the band is contemplating returning to the studio at the end of the year to begin work on the follow-up to 2016’s “Dystopia” album. The Dave Mustaine-fronted band recently toured North America with MESHUGGAH and will play arenas this fall as the support act for German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS. Speaking to RAMzine at this month’s Bloodstock Open Air festival, Ellefson said about MEGADETH‘s plans for the coming months: “We’ve got a run with the SCORPIONS. Double headline tour across [the U.S.]. A lot of big places. And we were going to finish … Continue reading

George Lynch says that he had a “little falling out” with members of AS I LAY DYING because he revealed in an interview that Tim Lambesis had been released from prison after serving less than half of his six-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder. In May 2014, the AS I LAY DYING singer was sentenced to six years in jail after pleading guilty to paying a San Diego police officer posing as a hit man $1,000 to kill his wife. Approximately two and a half years later — on December 17, 2016 — he was discharged from a California … Continue reading

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“Whatever It Takes”, the new video from HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, can be seen below. The band’s own Charlie Scene co-directed the clip and remarked: “The song is about being driven by your own determination to succeed no matter what anyone else thinks. I wanted the video to show that same message.” “Whatever It Takes” is taken from HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD‘s fifth full-length album, “V” (Five), which will be released on October 27. “We’re five brothers, and this is our fifth record,” affirms HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD‘s Johnny 3 Tears. “Nothing gets to the essence of the music like this number does. Numerology has a … Continue reading

Kristina Wolf of Allschools conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend at this year’s edition of the Summer Breeze festival, which was held August 16-18 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if hair is directly related to “metal sexiness,” Devin said: “Is there such a thing? Metal sexiness? A bunch of sweaty dudes in black clothes? This is possibly the most sexless genre that you could find. But I think it makes it easier to manipulate yourself in middle age, because there’s no real need for you to pursue sexiness as a fundamental aspect … Continue reading

“Steambreather”, the new video from Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON, can be seen below. The song taken from the band’s latest album, “Emperor Of Sand”, which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The follow-up to 2014’s “Once More ‘Round The Sun” was recorded at The Quarry Recording Studio in Kennesaw, just outside MASTODON‘s hometown, with producer Brendan O’Brien (PEARL JAM, NEIL YOUNG, AC/DC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), who first worked with MASTODON on their seminal 2009 album “Crack The Skye”. “Emperor Of Sand” finds MASTODON returning to a deeply imaginative and complex conceptual storyline that ponders the … Continue reading