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Dave Mustaine has confirmed that the new MEGADETH album will be titled “The Sick, The Dying And The Dead”. Mustaine touched upon the name of the new disc while filming a new video message on Cameo, which lets users hire celebrities to record brief, personalized video messages about virtually any topic. Addressing a fan named Joe from the recording studio where the new MEGADETH album is being mixed, Mustaine said: “If you listen real closely, you can hear in the background… There’s the Pro Tools rig with the new album, doing a rough mix. And you’re getting to hear a little bit of it in the background… This is the beginning of the song ‘The Sick, The Dying And The Dead’, which is our title track.” Mustaine previously floated “The Sick, Th...

SKID ROW guitarist Scotti Hill has uploaded a video of him playing the guitar solo in the band’s classic song “Wasted Time”. In a note accompanying the YouTube release of the clip, he wrote: “I had to go back and brush up on this for some upcoming shows for the 30th anniversary of ‘Slave To The Grind’. After seeing some people on Instagram playing it, I thought it would make a good lesson. Enjoy!” SKID ROW is currently recording its new album in Nashville, Tennesse with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has previously worked with FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, HALESTORM, EVANESCENCE, RUSH and ALICE IN CHAINS, among many others. SKID ROW‘s new LP will mark its first release with South African-born, British-based vocalist ZP Theart (DRAGONFORCE, TANK, ...

Legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for over 30 years, spoke to Grammy.com about the eye movement system he developed with his father and how that allows him to communicate both conversationally and musically. He said: “When I was in the hospital, getting my trach and stomach tube operation 24 years ago, my dad knew I was not going to be able to talk. It was already hard to understand what I was trying to say because my voice was so weak. A speech therapist brought in what they had in the way of communication, which was very complicated and impersonal. For instance, there were sentences like, ‘I am cold, I am angry, bring me some water,’ etc. It was based on shortcuts for standard needs and issues. My dad didn’t think that wou...

KK’S PRIEST, the new band featuring former JUDAS PRIEST members K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with guitarist A.J. Mills (HOSTILE), bassist Tony Newton (VOODOO SIX) and drummer Sean Elg (DEATHRIDERS, CAGE), will release its debut album, “Sermons Of The Sinner”, on October 1 (postponed from the previously announced August 20) via Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records. The official music video for the third single from “Sermons Of The Sinner”, a song called “Brothers Of The Road”, is available below. The album cover features a mysterious figure robed in a monk’s habit, whom Downing slyly states may or may not be him, holding a book of sermons. He says the “sinner” in the title refers to his famo...