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Rehearsals for Megadeth's upcoming 'Rust in Peace' 20th Anniversary Tour are all done, and pre-production for the trek -- which launches March 1 in Spokane, Wash. and runs through March 31 in Hollywood, Calif. -- begins this week. Late last week, frontman Dave Mustaine took to the band's Web site to discuss the upcoming shows, which will also feature Testament and Exodus...

Before he formed Life of Agony in 1989 with vocalist Keith Caputo and guitarist Joey Z, bassist Alan Robert was going to school to be a professional illustrator. Then the band got a record deal and he scrapped his art career for a life of rock 'n' roll...

California instrumental rock band LoNero have coined the phrase 'guitarcore' to describe what they are doing. In a word, guitarcore is about the song, rather than a self-indulgent, masturbatory solo. "Guitarcore is also about the groove," Bill Lonero told Noisecreep...

In one of those moments that make us wonder if it's April Fools Day, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has announced that original bassist Dave Ellefson is back in the band and will embark on Megadeth's month-long 'Rust in Peace' 20th Anniversary Tour, which begins March 1 in Spokane, Wash...

Metallica took a lot of heat for the sound and direction of their 2003 album 'St. Anger.' A lot of people complained about the drum sound and the stripped-down songwriting approach, but the guys in Stygian beg to differ. The Pennsylvania combo started out playing Metallica covers over a decade ago and cite the legends as one of their prime influences...

The revelation the other day from Ozzy Osbourne that his namesake festival, Ozzfest, would be returning this summer after going dark in 2009 as a traveling festival and not a one-off destination date like 2008's installment, has metalheads talking...

Charred Walls of the Damned, 'Charred Walls of the Damned': The lineup is a who's who of heavy metal: Tim 'Ripper' Owens on vocals; producer extraordinaire Jason Suecof on guitars (and he shreds); Steve DiGiorgio of Testament/Death on bass; and Howard Stern show sidekick Richard Christy, who got his start in Death and Iced Earth, on drums...

After going under the knife last week for minimally-invasive spinal surgery, Slayer's Tom Araya is nearly ready to rock again. According to a press release from the band's publicist, Araya is recuperating after the procedure, called an anterior cervical discectomy, and the American Carnage Tour Slayer was forced to cancel last month has been rescheduled for this summer...

Thrash fans disappointed by the postponement of this year's touted American Carnage Tour -- which was to feature Slayer, Megadeth and Testament -- have received a pretty killer consolation prize. Starting March 1 in Spokane, Wash., Megadeth, Testament and Exodus will hit the road together through March 31 in Hollywood, Calif...

The word supergroup gets thrown around a lot, but most of us can count on one hand the number of groups who truly deserve the distinction of being 'super.' So when it was announced that Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth) had joined forces with Tim 'Ripper' Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Testament) and producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, All That Remains) to form a new proje