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15
MAY
2013

Video - Black Sabbath talk about the 'Sabbath Sound' for new album '13'

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Black Sabbath have posted a video on Youtube featuring interviews with the band concerning their forthcoming album '13', which is due to be released in New Zealand on June 7th.  

The video, which was directed by Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack Osbourne, sees the band and producer Rick Rubin talk about the sound of the new album and includes snippets of some of the new songs.  

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19
DEC
2012

Lars Urlich says new Metallica album will be "heavy, energetic, fast" with "guitar solos"

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Metallica drummer Lars Urlich has commented that the writing process for a new album has begun.  

Urlich is to feature in the January 2013 edition of Metal Hammer and explained to the publication that so far it is "heavy," "energetic" and "fast."

He continued "The stuff that we were banging out yesterday, it felt heavy, it felt energetic, it was loud, it was fast, it was rocking, it was crazy.…

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17
APR
2012

Linkin Park announce new album and premiere new song

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Linkin Park have announced their new album 'Living Things' is to be released on June 22nd.  

The album was recorded at NRG Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, and was produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin.

The first single from 'Living Things' is 'Burn It Down' which is available now for download via iTunes.  

'Living Things' will be Linkin Park's fifth studio al…

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News 
24
NOV
2011

Slipknot's Corey Taylor Slams Producer Rick Rubin

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Corey Taylor from Slipknot has labelled producer Rick Rubin "overrated" and "overpaid".  

Rubin has long been considered one of the top producers within the world of rock music.  He has produced albums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC, Mick Jagger, Rage Against The Machine and Slipknot among many others. 

Taylor was at a Question & Answer session in Texas last week when the subject of Rubin c…

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12
FEB
2010

Muse Take A Shot At Rick Rubin

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NME is reporting that Muse took a dig at legendary producer Rick Rubin yesterday at the Music Producer Guild Awards.  

When Muse won the award for the UK Single Of The Year for 'Uprising', Matt Bellamy said in his acceptance speech "We produced something! I'd like to thank John Leckie for teaching us how to produce and Rick Rubin for teaching us how not to produce." A stunned audience gave a rou…

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