Testament News

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has posted the second of four tour blogs on the Sick Drummer Magazine web site from the band's current "Endgame" U.S. tour.

Megadeth and Slayer will join forces to co-headline "American Carnage." The tour will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month.

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has posted the following message on his official blog : "Recently a writer from The Quietus , Mark Eglinton , asked for my thoughts on METALLICA 's James Hetfield .

The all-star band HAIL! a ' comprised of bassist David Ellefson , guitarist Andreas Kisser , Tim "Ripper" Owens and newly announced sticksman Paul Bostaph a ' will be the first metal band to ever play live in Lebanon.

Slayer and Megadeth team up for KBPI's Midwinter Melee on Monday, January 25 at DU's Magness Arena.

Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT are taking the stage once again in support of their 2008 release, "The Formation of Damnation" , TESTAMENT will be touring as special guest with fellow thrash legends MEGADETH and SLAYER .

Get ready to bow to the kingdom of the dead in the killing fields of downtown Nashville this winter.

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia is among the guest vocalists who will participate in the second "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, set to take place on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 013, Tilburg, Holland.

The cover artwork for "Mechanize" , the forthcoming album from FEAR FACTORY a ' the newly revamped band featuring original FF members Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell alongside bassist Byron Stroud and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan a ' can be viewed below.

SLAYER , MEGADETH , TESTAMENT and HIGH ON FIRE are rumored to be teaming up for a U.S. tour starting in February 2010.

The all-star band HAIL! a ' comprised of bassist David Ellefson , singer Tim "Ripper" Owens , guitarist Andreas Kisser and newly announced sticksman Paul Bostaph a ' will be the first-ever international heavy metal act to play live in Lebanon.

Japanese extreme metal band SIGH will release its eighth studio album, "Scenes From Hell" , on January 19, 2010 via The End Records .

Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero slipped a little present in with their new album: a DVD tutorial of how to play one of their songs.

The all-star band, HAIL! is at it again. Fresh off their tour of Scandinavia, they have announced the that heralded drummer Paul Bostaph will join them for their upcoming dates in November and December.

Released: 2009 Genre: Thrash metal Label: Metal Blade Records Number Of Tracks: 10 In the band's debut album, The Onslaught, Lazarus A.D. combines the sound of new metal with sound of old school thrash.

The track grouping includes Mtorhead, Tenacious D and Testament. To wash all that metal down, there are also individual songs from Kansas and Blink 182.

" Tatsumaki: Voivod In Japan 2008 " , a brand new DVD from Canadian metal innovators Voivod , will be released on November 17 via MVD Entertainment Group.

Dan Nelson, who had a recent and brief stint as the vocalist for thrash band Anthrax, announced to Randy "Rocket" Cody of The Metal Den that he will join up with drummer Paul Bostaph in an as-of-yet untitled project.

Philadelphia-based metal band SINGLE BULLET THEORY has announced the addition of Brazilian drummer Acacio Carvalho to the group's ranks.

"Shepherd's Commandment" , the new video from Baltimore death metallers DYING FETUS , can be viewed below.