Video footage of former MEGADETH and current OHM: / OHMPHREY guitarist Chris Poland "improv-jamming" with a bass player and drummer at GuitarFest at the Casico Interstate Music in New Berlin, Wisconsin on November, 21, 2009 can be viewed below.

Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens will play a rare "unplugged" show on Friday, December 4 at the Tap House in Akron, Ohio.

Professionally filmed video footage of the all-star band HAIL! a ' comprised of bassist David Ellefson , guitarist Andreas Kisser , Tim "Ripper" Owens and recently added sticksman Paul Bostaph a ' performing the SEPULTURA classic "Territory" on November 20, 2009 at Hektic Hall in Beirut, Lebanon can be viewed below.

One of the most tragicomic moments in the 2004 Metallica documentary, Some Kind of Monster, features not the band but rather Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine .

Two kinds of people generally buy a greatest hits album -- casual fans who want all of the hits all in one place, and completists who will simply by anything with their favorite artist's name on it.

Footage of legendary Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE performing the song "Re-Animation" on November 21, 2009 at t The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a special guest appearance by Glen Drover , can be viewed below.

My guess is it goes something like this: "These songs are pretty influential and all, but they aren't as good as most of my music.

Between the Buried and Me is not a band that you can pin down on one spot musically, especially after sitting through an entire album of theirs.

Bob Zerull of Zoiks! Online recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo .

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT will guest on tonight's edition of Eddie Trunk 's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM .

Chris Broderick, Dave Mustaine, Shawn Drover and James LoMenzo -- will perform Sunday, Nov.

Saturday on-sales are lined up in Birmingham, AL; Nashville; Uncasville, CT; Washington, DC; Boston; New York City; Milwaukee; Omaha, NE; Oklahoma City; Dallas; New Orleans; Louisville, KY; Atlanta; Memphis; St.

Jackson County Historical Society Museum Director Mike Kirchmeier and his trusty helpers Mary Chonko and H. Ed Carlson have been very busy at the museum lately, working up some nice new displays of donated items while updating others and generally fixing and sprucing up the facility.

When Machine Head roared out of Oakland 17 years ago, they were hailed as one of the most brutal and potentially one of the best Metal acts to come down the heavy gauge pipe in a long time.

Caption: Chris Broderick Megadeth performing live in concert at the Hordern Pavilion.

Megadeth may have a new CD out, but guitarist and frontman Dave Mustaine isn't putting any special emphasis on "Endgame" during shows on the group's fall tour, of which Corpus Christi has a Nov.

There have been a lot of big pop shows to announce recently. Now it's time for metal: Slayer and Megadeth perform with Testament Feb.

Two exclusive MEGADETH videos from from the opening night of the band's current U.S. headlining tour a ' which kicked off this past Saturday at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan a ' have been posted at TheLiveLine.com and can be viewed below.

Thomas S. Orwat Jr. of RockMusicStar.com conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick this past Sunday, November 15.

Glam-metal vets Motley Crue, with special guests The Joe Perry Project, pull into the Air Canada Centre on Feb.