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JASON NEWSTED: I Saved METALLICA Twice

Manos Spanos
Czech Republic's Muzikus.cz recently conducted an interview with formerMETALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and currentNEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. You can now listen to the chat in three parts below. Speaking about his decision to leave METALLICA in 2001, Jason said: "I don't know if this is selfish, and anybody can take it the way they want, or maybe it's egotistical — I'm not sure — but I truly feel that I saved [METALLICA] in 1986 by being the right choice [to replace lateMETALLICA bassist] Cliff Burton] and being able to take all the shit [from the other guys in the band]… and take all the good, too. And I also saved their band 12 years ago by stepping aside and letting them carry on with what they wanted to carry on with. "I was not able to be on the same page with them anymore; they were taking too much time away from the band. We hadn't plugged in our amps for months and months and months by the time that I made the decision and called the meeting to talk to them. There had been so much distraction from actually playing the metal that I couldn't take it anymore. I was busy with my other project — I already started recording. I was already going forward with another project that I was gonna do a worldwide release with, because they weren't spending any time playing any music."
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OBITUARY To Perform First Three Albums During Live Pay-Per-Event

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Florida death metallers OBITUARY will perform their first three albums —"Slowly We Rot" (1989), "Cause Of Death" (1990) and "The End Complete" (1992) — live during a pay-per-view event on Saturday, June 8 at Unation.com. For more information, see the flyer below. OBITUARY 2013 is: John Tardy - Vocals Trevor Peres - Guitar Donald Tardy - Drums Terry Butler - Bass Kenny Andrews - Guitar OBITUARY is currently writing and recording material for a new studio album, tentatively due in early 2014 via an as-yet-undetermined record label.
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TARJA TURUNEN: Official Lyric Video For New Song ‘Never Enough’

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The official lyric video for the song "Never Enough" from formerNIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen can be seen below. The track comes off her her new album, "Colours In The Dark", which will be released in Europe on August 23 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The CD wil be made available in North America on August 27 through Eagle Rock imprintArmoury Records. The"Never Enough" lyric video was filmed in Zlin, Czech Republic. Tarjasays: "I didn't want to make a traditional, boring lyric video for the song, so I appear on the video not just the lyrics of the song…. This video is not what we can call the official first music video from my new album, but just an improved version of a lyric video. The filming took only couple hours with Martin, who worked also on directing my first solo live rock DVD, 'Act I'."
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BEHEMOTH To Release ‘The Satanist’ In The Fall

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Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have set "The Satanist" as the title of their tenth full-length album, due in the fall via Nuclear Blast in Europe and Metal Blade in North America. The CD is being recorded at Hertzstudio in Bialystok, Poland with the help of the Wieslawscy brothers andDaniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES, SOILWORK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD). "It took us over two decades to come up with a title that… says it all," comments BEHEMOTH guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski. "While our new songs artistically take surprisingly adventurous directions, our message stands steadfast — proud and radical.
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W.A.S.P.’s BLACKIE LAWLESS Reportedly Breaks Leg In Road Accident; European Shows Canceled

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Viktor Mattsson, the general manager of Kirunafestivalen, which is scheduled to take place June 27-30 in Kiruna, Sweden, has released the following statement from W.A.S.P. regarding the cancelation of the band's summer 2013 European festival dates: "[W.A.S.P. mainman] Blackie Lawless was injured in a vehicle-related accident that resulted in him breaking a leg. Complete recovery is expected following surgery. "W.A.S.P. apologizes with all sincerity and say to all of our fans that we will be back next year bigger and better than ever. Blackie would also like to thank in advance all of those who wish to make inquiries about his well-being."
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