Testament

The first interview with Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya since he underwent back surgery at the end of January will be taped April 2 on AOL Noisecreep's ''Creep Show' podcast (the program will be recorded live and will be posted April 5). For the past two months, Araya has been recuperating from his procedure at his home in Texas...

Florida-based death metal pioneers, Cannibal Corpse have announced their first headline shows since they played the Hot Topic stage on 2009's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The tour will launch April 20 in Orlando, Fla. and run through May 16 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla...

A spokesperson for the firesharing service Rapidshare has confirmed that the company has been aggressively terminating the accounts of users who upload and download copyrighted material. The German-owned company which operates out of Switzerland is one of the most popular filesharing sites, servicing hundreds of millions of users each month and has been listed as one of the most 50 used sites on t

A demo of the new Exodus song 'Hammer and Life' is available in streaming form on the band's MySpace and for free download on Nuclear Blast Records' 'Sinister Spring Sampler.' The track, a pounding number with a memorable off-time riff, a stomping chorus and a sweet twin guitar lead from Gary Holt and Lee Altus is an acrid, blood-flecked taste of 'Exhibit B: The Human Condition,' an excellent foll

Three songs into their set Tuesday (March 16) night, Megadeth pulled the plug on their performance at Rams Head Live in Baltimore because of the venue's shoddy P.A. system. According to Blabbermouth, Mustaine took to his audioblog soon after the gig ended to explain why the band cut its set short...

Want to put some metal back in your summer festival plans? Canada has the answer in Heavy MTL, a two-day festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau at Île Saint-Hélène, Montréal. Heavy MTL is set for July 24 and 25. Heavy MTL was first held in 2008, and organizers took a hiatus from the event in 2009. This year, Heavy MTL is b...

Megadeth will be playing 'Rust in Peace' in its entirety on their upcoming tour, the same one in which Testament will be performing their debut album, 'The Legacy.' With their latest EP, 'Planets of Old,' just released on CD, would post-hardcore quartet Cave In follow suit and perform a classic album like 'Until Your Heart Stops' in full...

There's a good reason why Richard Christy has had a primo position on 'The Howard Stern Show' since 2004. Even when he's playing it straight, the guy's a total class clown, and while he came on the ''Creep Show' to talk about metal, before tape rolled the panel had just as much fun joking with him about prank calls, radio sketches and whether Stern is serious about wanting to be the host of 'Ameri

Over the past couple of years, countless '80s thrash bands, including Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Testament, Exodus and Overkill have experienced career resurgences and released some of their best material since before the dawn of grunge...

It's not exactly guitar whiz Alex Skolnick's fault he won't be joining Testament on their tour with Exodus and Megadeth. The multi-talented axe man was all set to play the American Carnage dates with Slayer and Megadeth, then Slayer bassist Tom Araya hurt his back and needed surgery, postponing the entire tour...